All the other thugs deserved what they bought.
Gardner didn't. Poor street rat was just trying to get by for the day.
Do the cops arrest children for lemonade stands? No.
Police state ego is what killed him. They could have just given him a ticket! But No. They had to be "In CONTROL", even if it meant killing the suspect.
Unarmed and St Skiddles be damned! They asked for what they got, and I'm glad they got it.
But Eric didn't assault anyone. He had not robbed any one except a few pennies from the State cigarette tax fund. Hardly anything justifying a take down.
Good cops are Good. Bad are bad. You should never try to hide the bad! It makes you look like a guilty liar, just like the baby mamma welfare check recipients claiming their lil angeel got hunted down by the man.
I’ve been in those piles with 350+ pounders.
My first reaction was where was the taser. Din’t at least the Sgt have a taser?
However, having said that, I won’t judge the cops in this one. sometimes it’s go for what you know and survival mode.
Best approach, don’t resist arrest.
Here’s a big problem with that: the protestors chose to link the two cases.