It absolutely is if you are knocking them into an immovable object.
The lengths that some will go to in order to defend the indefensible is shameful.
When conservative politicians get caught violating ethics rules or breaking the law, they generally resign with the agreement of most conservatives. If the cops get caught violating laws the cop queers come out in full force to defend the police. These guys should be tossed out the police force and many of them should spend years behind bars.
"cop queers" - good description of government union apologists.
Sometimes it is hard to stop your momentum when you have been chasing a guy for 2 1/2 blocks. You are dog tired and don't know what the guy will do next. All you want to do is get him down and get the chase over.