[areukiddingme1]

"Deputy Brandon Gilliam wrote in the official report that Dotson “began to physically resist officers’ instructions to place his hands behind his back, and at one point grabbed on to an officer’s leg." So there Dotson was, just minding his own business, reading the bible, and feeding the homeless and the mean ol'e police just came from out of nowhere and started harassing him, in fact he was trying so hard to comply with their commands that fell down...gosh, dotson is such a swell guy, anyone can see the police were just harshing his mellow. Where I come from we teach our kids if a police officer gives you a command you follow it immediately and without question because 9 times out of 10 if you have gotten to the point where a police officer is telling you to do something, you have passed "F'ing up" and have gone straight to STFU. Reminds me of comedian Ron White's explanation of getting arrested; “I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.” ― Ron White

[wastedyears]

So you’re one of those, huh?

[Darksheare]

So the officer was correct to choke out someone who wasn’t resisting?

[pnz1]

Reading reports of the “Block Party” and things on Twitter make it sound like this party thing got way out of hand. Of course sounded like the students were bragging about it..

[NFHale]

“..began to physically resist officers’ instructions to place his hands behind his back, and at one point grabbed on to an officer’s leg...”

The photo montage shows otherwise.

“..Where I come from we teach our kids if a police officer gives you a command you follow it immediately and without question..”

Do you teach your kids what to do if they’re being choked unconscious by a guy who’s supposed to be “upholding the law”?

Where I come from, choking someone is called “aggravated assault”.

I don’t care if he has a badge or not - you don’t put your hands on my neck. At that point, I’m supposed to rely on your sense of mercy?

Not a chance. That goes into “Life or Death Struggle” in my book.

That kid was helpless to do anything at that point. And if he WAS resisting, there were still THREE large cops on him. He wasn’t going anywhere.