Saw it on TV so that's why I put it here.
I looked for a post about that incident with RPD pulling over that driver that had hit several cars. If I missed it I apologize (please move or merge).
I normally don't watch those videos since they tend to be doctored to make a point but I did watch this one.
So people called the cops since somebody was plowing into cars (some people even said it seemed intentional to them). They pull over that guy and he won't come out of the car and is high and or drunk and has a bunch of teenagers with him.
Some thoughts on this:
- it seems the cops did have the license plate, so it was not "the wrong car"
- this was not a traffic stop for a busted taillight, there was no chance of this ending with anything but an arrest, the cops can not let somebody in this state drive off
- he hung on to the steering wheel for dear life, they had to get him out of the car (see above)
- the cops did kick and punch him, they did however not hit him in the head with batons or flashlights (I think you remember that incident) or anything the likes. Looked to me like they intended to inflict pain to make him comply
- can't pepper spray or taser into a car with a bunch of other people in there
- once they had him out there was one last kick to get him to roll over and get that handcuffs on. The second that was done there was not one more punch. Ironically that IS in the video widely shared.
- I suspect that the part that was NOT in the widely shared clip may have shown how the stop started, how he was driving, damage to his car and possibly how the cops initially asked him to get out.
I normally don't condone the application of physical violence but in this case what else was there to do?
I looked for a post about that incident with RPD pulling over that driver that had hit several cars. If I missed it I apologize (please move or merge).
I normally don't watch those videos since they tend to be doctored to make a point but I did watch this one.
So people called the cops since somebody was plowing into cars (some people even said it seemed intentional to them). They pull over that guy and he won't come out of the car and is high and or drunk and has a bunch of teenagers with him.
Some thoughts on this:
- it seems the cops did have the license plate, so it was not "the wrong car"
- this was not a traffic stop for a busted taillight, there was no chance of this ending with anything but an arrest, the cops can not let somebody in this state drive off
- he hung on to the steering wheel for dear life, they had to get him out of the car (see above)
- the cops did kick and punch him, they did however not hit him in the head with batons or flashlights (I think you remember that incident) or anything the likes. Looked to me like they intended to inflict pain to make him comply
- can't pepper spray or taser into a car with a bunch of other people in there
- once they had him out there was one last kick to get him to roll over and get that handcuffs on. The second that was done there was not one more punch. Ironically that IS in the video widely shared.
- I suspect that the part that was NOT in the widely shared clip may have shown how the stop started, how he was driving, damage to his car and possibly how the cops initially asked him to get out.
I normally don't condone the application of physical violence but in this case what else was there to do?
