I haven’t excused anyone, especially a big guy who was out of control and resisting detainment.
You hate cops, I get that and it’s your right. I don’t but do accept there are bad ones. Yes, police dept’s need to always do a better job of clearing out those that let their ego’s write checks their ass can’t pay for.
I’ll go off-topic here. A good 99% of the world’s problems are due to ego. Not just men either, women too. Ego and a warped sense of driving ambition can cause all kinds of problems. Within that ego problem are bullies. Bullies are insecure punks, regardless of the race, sex, age, or whatever. A cop with an ego problem is not going to be a good cop. A perp with an ego problem is going create problems for themselves by doing things like resisting detainment. Maybe they don’t want to go back to jail due to the warrants out for them or maybe he’s just an ass wanting prove he’s a tough guy. Either way it’s ego. Well, stupidity plays into it too. A smart person isn’t going to resist because they know it will just make the situation worse. A lot of these stops are de-escalated with the person given a ticket to appear in court unless they are causing a problem that must be dealt with. That might mean detainment or getting them the medical help they need. This is where a cop’s job is incredibly difficult. He or she is not a medical professional, a psychiatrist, or a social worker. I’m not sure any of those credentialed people would help in a situation like this anyway. The perp just needs to be detained or arrested if a crime has been committed and it’s obvious the perp is a danger to himself or others. When they resist like this one did, he killed himself. It’s really not a big difference from pointing a gun at a cop or charging a cop with a knife in their hand. The end result is they are going to end up stopped by gun fire and very good chance that will end in the perp’s death. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “suicide by cop”. Yeah, this was that.
Yes, a good cop can frequently de-escalate a tense situation but a perp who has no intention of cooperating no matter how much respect he or she is given (without earning it) will always be in danger of getting hurt or worse. That’s all that happened here. If you see more than that then you’re the problem too.
Yes you have excused them. By spreading the lie that compliance makes everything OK you are excusing them.
I don’t hate cops. I hate murderers. And people who excuse murder. We CANNOT “accept” bad cops. They literally have the power of life and death over citizens. We HAVE to hold cops to a higher standard. Bad cops must be pushed out.
This wasn’t suicide by cop. This was MURDER by cop. You keep excusing murder.
Hit those links I gave you. All those people were complying. Watch the youtube video. That guy was unarmed and complying. And BEGGING the cop not to kill him. He flat out murdered. And you’re excusing it. You are part of the problem.
All that’s happening here is bad people are given authority, do bad things, avoid punishment, and then sick sad people like you give them a raft of excuses. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. YOU ENABLE MURDER.