Puck it
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All of the recent issues could have been avoided if step 1 was followed.
and the rest!!!
and the rest!!!
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one serious q, how is a police officer suppose to handcuff a suspect weighing over 300 lbs and over 6 foot tall if he is resisting arrest?
yep, it is appropriate.
one serious q, how is a police officer suppose to handcuff a suspect weighing over 300 lbs and over 6 foot tall if he is resisting arrest?
In this case? You don't
He was selling loose cigarettes. That's like arresting someone for J-walking. Write the dude a ticket and move on. Seriously, the crime isn't worth the gas in the tank to bring the guy down to the station. If I found out a cop in my town was wasting his time and tax payer money arresting people for such petty crimes, I'd want him regulated to traffic duty for 3 months. That is of course if my town had traffic.
Don't get me wrong, the dude screwed up by resisting arrest. However, he never should have been arrested in the first place. We have got a serious problem with over policing in this country and are incarceration rate is a joke. Part of the reason why is stupid crap like this. It's a cop justifying his pay check; not protecting and serving.
In this case? You don't
He was selling loose cigarettes. That's like arresting someone for J-walking. Write the dude a ticket and move on. Seriously, the crime isn't worth the gas in the tank to bring the guy down to the station. If I found out a cop in my town was wasting his time and tax payer money arresting people for such petty crimes, I'd want him regulated to traffic duty for 3 months. That is of course if my town had traffic.
Don't get me wrong, the dude screwed up by resisting arrest. However, he never should have been arrested in the first place. We have got a serious problem with over policing in this country and are incarceration rate is a joke. Part of the reason why is stupid crap like this. It's a cop justifying his pay check; not protecting and serving.
I think it was Bloomberg that did it. So he wasn't.Wow. Good luck getting reelected.
In August I was driving up to Cornell with my second son to start his freshman year. We were both driving, me leading and Peter behind me. We were going 65 on route 17. Cop pulls my son over. I of course pulled over also just ahead. I got out of my car and started walking to my son's car. Cop (young guy, probably a rookie) jumped out of his car and started yelling something at me and gesturing. I stopped and stood there watching him scream at me and making gestures. Finally, he gets in his car and both he and my son drive to where I was.
Now he starts screaming at me again. Tells me I am to stay in my car until directed otherwise and then tells me that he has the authority to draw his gun on me and shoot if I had come closer. So I told him that I will get out of my car anytime I want, especially when it concerns my son getting pulled over for nothing. And I told him I am happy to die by his hand if it means my son is safe. Nobody is going to tell me I can't do this or that when it comes to my family.
He let my son go with a warning but never acknowledged what I said or said I'm sorry. Not that I expected it.
This is what you are dealing with today, paranoid cops with itchy trigger fingers looking to shoot something. My suggestion is to stay away from them and do nothing to antagonize them. Because if you do anything outside the law this is what you can expect. And if you like to tempt fate or challenge the cops, prepare for a bad outcome for yourself.
This is what you are dealing with today, paranoid cops with itchy trigger fingers looking to shoot something. My suggestion is to stay away from them and do nothing to antagonize them. Because if you do anything outside the law this is what you can expect. And if you like to tempt fate or challenge the cops, prepare for a bad outcome for yourself.
yep, it is appropriate.
one serious q, how is a police officer suppose to handcuff a suspect weighing over 300 lbs and over 6 foot tall if he is resisting arrest?
The other side of it though... You're a cop, you pull someone over and a second car pulls over with you. Then a guy gets out of the car and walking towards you.. What are your thoughts? I completely agree we live in an essential police state with few rights anymore but in the situation you described, if I were a cop, I would be quite on edge.