[thefactor]

I just want to get this straight. Basically what you are saying that is that a police officer, if he even thinks that someone is doing something questionable, is perfectly justified in attacking another person. Did I miss anything?"

i love your use of language here.

"...thinks someone is doing something..." yes, that is called probable cause. it's in all the law books. criminals don't usually commit crimes right in front of cops.

"...something questionable..." well, yeah, that's called a crime.

"...attacking..." this is called controlling a suspect who is being very uncooperative and refusing to follow orders after he has been detained for an investigation that is the result of probable cause.

now go ahead and yell because i used the term "follow orders" but that is what officers give.

[frankiep]

I’m so glad that there are so many officers out there who take it upon themselves to be judge and jury when it comes to dealing with the public.

I also wasn’t aware of an officer’s authority to ‘give orders’ to suspects. After all, every suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. But I guess since some officers have taken upon themselves to be judge and jury, the civil rights of suspects don’t apply.

Here I thought all along that it was the officer’s job to apprehend suspects, detain them, and deliver them to a court of law where they will then be judged. Apparently though, some officer’s have decided that assaulting (choking a suspect into unconsciousness) fits in nicely between apprehending and detaining, and delivering to a court of law.