There's a lot of bootlicking on FR, but you just set some kind of record. Your little case summary just happened to leave out that the perp was arrested while healthy enough to ride a bicycle, and then died from a broken neck he got on his ride to the jail. Protecting cops is one thing, but you're arguing for a return to the Soviet Union by what you leave out of your narrative. Wake up!
WHOA!!!
I’m no “boot licker”, my FRiend.
I’m specifically talking about the arresting officers. Not the officer who drove the van - and there very well may be a conviction in his future.
But lets just look at the arresting officers. Here they are doing their ‘community policing’...they approach Gray...and he runs.
What should they do?
Should they shrug, and turn away - wouldn’t want to be accused of going all ‘Soviet’ on him, I guess. But of course that’s not what they do. If you run from the police, they will chase you. And last I checked, they can’t coax most people into stopping...so the chase usually culminates with somebody getting tackled.
For this, the DA charged them with assault.
So really, what do you think the cops should do? Not chase and tackle people who run from them?
Notice, my...ahem...”little case summary” doesn’t mention a thing about van ride or broken neck. That’s a completely different issue. What I don’t understand is the prosecution of cops for making a very ordinary arrest.
Wake up!