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!
It is my understanding that the prosecution linked the severity of the arrest to the broken neck. Otherwise, it’s left to happening in the paddy wagon. Because when they dumped him out at the other end of the ride, his neck was broken.
Your leaving that tiny detail out reminded me of Pravda, circa 1960.