Scream a string of obscenities at me in public for no rational reason, and I will kill you on the spot. People who act like that are mentally unbalanced, and I would perceive an imminent threat to my life. IMNHO, the cop acted with a degree of restraint.
And cuffing a 12 year old...?
Again, in both cases, the arrestee was in an advanced case of BPOC Syndrome.
Well I guess that's one thing you and those on death row have in common.
In those few words you have summed up the issue: At what point is violence an acceptable course of action?
Violence is only justifiable in self defense, both legally and morally. In nearly every case I can think of, the first person to resort to violence is the 'bad guy'. And to resort to violence simply because someone disrespected you is one thing, but you would intentionally commit the ultimate act of violence simply because someone insulted you? Maybe you're just in a bad mood and its easy to say these things on the net, but if you really mean it, you're far more of a menace to the civilized society you claim to like than the person you would have killed.