How do you take off in a car when you are pinned to the ground by two cops with their knees in your back?
True but they shouldn’t have had to pull him from the car. He wasn’t cooperating. He should have been tazed.
I won’t defend him shooting the guy in the back in the other video.
Why was he pulled from the car? He had a valid license, what was he being arrested? Because he had a past police record? No, Slager is nothing more than a thug with a badge.
The taser was supposed to be an alternative to using deadly force whenever possible. It was never meant to be a substitute for what used to be regular police behavior, i.e. verbal attempts to reason with a suspect or the judicious use of a nightstick. Zapping the s#it out of someone or shooting them repeatedly in the back for a minor traffic infraction is not what I’m paying taxes for under the guise of police protection.
BTW, I’ve worked with my local police for many years as a member of our local citizens’ auxiliary patrol. I’m not a cop hater by any stretch.