[Hugin]

"Let's face it, had the subject complied with the officer's directives from the initial contact and beyond, we wouldn't be sitting here talking about this today," Lewis said.

Really? What did the officer direct him to do? Sounds like he got pissed because the guy asked him to move his car and swore at him so he tased and beat him. Why was his car blocking the intersection anyway?

[Leaning Right]

"Let's face it, had the subject complied with the officer's directives from the initial contact and beyond, we wouldn't be sitting here talking about this today," Lewis said.

That is a ridiculous, almost nonsensical, statement. Yet we here it over and over again from police officials. And too many conservatives seem to swallow it whole.

Why does that statement bother me so much? Because it translates into: If you don't obey a police order, the police are justified in doing whatever they want to you.