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A few people have said this should have never happened in front of his kids. It horrible that his kids saw this happen and blah blah blah.
Events don't occur or not occur based on who's a witness. The Police had very specific instructions based on the welfare of the community: Don't let anybody into the DISASTER zone - its dangerous. Someone tried to circumvent those instructions and the police had to put a stop to it. However, Police do not have the luxury of determing who witnesses the enforcement. You can't tell people, "Well I would arresst you, but since so-and-so is here I guess I'll have to let it slide."
People also seem to say that the punishment didn't fit the crime - it was just a guy trying to go home. How can we tell the police officers to enforce only some instructions? Its not up to that cop to determine wheter he should let the guy go. Our tax dollars pay him to enforce our rules. Collectively we determined its not safe for a human body to go rushing back into a disaster area immediately after a hurrince. So we tell police to stop people from entering those zones and they have to follow that command. We have lots of laws that get people in deep shit, but that doesn't mean the cops were dicks for enforcing them.
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