I have no problem with getting the rabble off the street, and likewise no problem with charges being dismissed against the rabble.
The police, as cited in the article, did not use force or excessive force. When brought up on charges evidence proved the arrested were innocent, justice at work.
The moral is--be nice to the police if you are beng arrested, and hope someone is there as a witness.
Hold it right there!
Lack of excessive force notwithstanding, nobody should have to "hope someone is there as a witness". If I get arrested and the case against me is so fraudulent -- so wholly fabricated and trumped up -- that the charges get abruptly dropped when REAL evidence turns up, that's an arrest that never should have been made by any LEO with a semifunctional conscience. Such an arrest ought to be grounds for civil action against the officer(s) involved, and no such arrest ought to be remotely tolerated by said LEO's Watch Commander or CoP.
Cops like that, Americans don't need.
"The moral is--be nice to the police if you are beng arrested, and hope someone is there as a witness."
Sure, be nice to the police, I agree with that. But
"hope omeone is there as a witness?" That is absurd. The video tape provided by the police was edited. That is just straight up fraud.