I really don’t care. I saw the video and I saw what I saw. I’m also highly incensed at the double-standard that cops are not responsible for their actions but everyone else would be held responsible for the very same actions.
Seriously, had that just been five guys wrestling a man to the ground and then he died as result then all their asses would be in jail awaiting trial. The medical condition of the victim would be irrelevant.
The final irony is that the very cops who caused this man’s death would not have the least bit of mercy or understanding were they arresting you for doing what they did and you know it.
MeganC, I don’t have a rap sheet as long as my arm.
I would not strike an officer.
I would not resist arrest.
I know you don’t care. That’s what really bothers me.
You think these officers acted recklessly.
They didn’t. They took him down, got him under control, and backed off.
The man died of cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital.
Five members of the public would not be handling this man using approved methods because of his criminality, and non compliance.
They would be breaking the law. That would be assault, and death at the hands of another.
These officers are doing their duty. They are not breaking the law. This is not an innocent death at the hands of another.
What these men did, they did because of a determination by supervisors to take action against this man. The supervisors reviewed his actions, and they chose to take him into custody. They did it in compliance with department policy. That department policy was in compliance with the law.
You made a decision at some point to blame the officers.
That was a mistake.
There is one man to blame here, and he knew his medical condition better than anyone else. He decided to act that way knowing full well what it might cost him.