thanks for that link- i htink many police are trained to use it because it cuts down o nthe more harsher subduing tactics used previously-
Sigh.
Personally, I find it hard to view resisting arrest in nearly any other light except that no matter what happens, no matter your race, if you resist arrest, whatever happens is on your hands, not the arresting police.
That doesn’t mean the police have free reign to do whatever violence they wish.
But police are going to respond to resisting arrest with ever increasing force until the subject is subdued. That is a fact, and is what they are trained to do, as you said.
I have had no training in this, but I would think there has to be a concept of using the minimum possible force to subdue a subject.
And as the resistance goes up, the gap between one force and the next one used is going to get greater, due to the need of protecting the police who are doing their job.
I am sure there may be come who read my response and accuse me of endorsing police brutality. I would endorse nothing of the sort.