[af_vet_1981]

A bump for a man! I would say he exercised considerable restraint.

• Give him a medal.
• Fire the police that arrested him.
• Prosecute the police that arrested him for running a criminal enterprise.

[Sonny M]

Fire the police that arrested him.

Prosecute the police that arrested him for running a criminal enterprise.

I'd say give the cops a break, they did there job. One man hit another, what are the cops supposed to do, just take one guys word for why?

If I walked up and slugged somone and made up a good reason, the cop would still arrest me, at least to verify the truth.

DOn't forget, once he's arrested, he gets the right to remain silent and a laywer, hence instead of just holding him and having him incriminate himself.

DOn't prosecute him, but you have to arrest him to at least verify that he's telling the truth, to quote Reagan "trust but verify".

[Stone Mountain]

A bump for a man! I would say he exercised considerable restraint. * Give him a medal. * Fire the police that arrested him. * Prosecute the police that arrested him for running a criminal enterprise.

I'll go along with the medal, and believe me, I'm no big fan of the police, but when the police come onto a scene and one person has hit another, they have to make an arrest. The police aren't a position to make a judgement whether or not the assault was justified or not - all they can do is make the arrest and let the prosecutor sort things out. In my opinion, this case was actually handled properly by the police and the prosecution - a rarity these days...