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Old 06-06-2013, 02:03 PM  
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
When I watch the video it is hard for me to know how much she is really resisting them because there is no audio. She is waving one arm around, but it doesn't look like she is putting up too much of a physical fight and more like she is being annoying and yelling at them.

I can understand that the office who was handcuffing her and took her down wanted to get control of her, but at some point you have to ask yourself what level of force is adequate. Handcuffing her is fine. If she was really putting up that much of a fight why did the other cop just stand there and do nothing? He could have grabbed her other arm. The two guys could have easily taken control of her without having to use a too much force. Instead, the one cop decides to slam her face first into a desk. To me that was excessive.

The department they worked for appears to feel the same way or they wouldn't have fired these two. By firing them and dropping the charges against her they are basically admitting that they are in the wrong here.
It doesn't matter "how much she was resisting". When you've been arrested and you are in a police station and the police tell you they are going to put handcuffs on you or put you in a cell, you don't fucking talk back and wave your hand at them. It doesn't matter what color you are; After the fourth or fifth time the cops are going to wrestle you to the ground and use force.
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