[Malsua]

How about we eliminate "Tax infractions" as something rising to the level to allow an arrest? It's a non violent misdemeanor...garnish his wages(not that he has any), put a lien on his hooptie, don't give him EITC, whatever. Write a piece of paper, toss it at him and walk away.

By the same token, he should have let them arrest him. That said, when he's on the ground, in distress because of police action, the police should have rendered aide...even if it's calling the paramedics.

[driftdiver]

strongarm robbery is not a minor offense.

[melsec]

Can I ask a question? In such cases of such a minor offense can someone just be issued with a fine and then have to either pay it or appear in court at a later date.

Here in Australia such a minor offense would mean the lawbreaker would be issued with an “On the spot fine” If they wish to challenge it they could do so by filling out the form on the back of the fine - if they do not pay they get a summons to appear in court and would end up in more trouble for not paying and things can escalate to arrest and imprisonment from there (which it rarely does). It saves so many man hours for both the Police and the Courts - people get some punishment for the crime and everybody goes home alive.

[Pirate Ragnar]

When a huge man resists arrest, law enforcement goes up the scale of response from least to greater. First is reasoning which didn’t work. Second is hands on followed by Mace, Tazer baton etc. The officers went hands on and, after viewing the video it appears they used a CONTROL hold not a choke hold. They were trying to take him down not choke him out.

[tbw2]

Punishing resisting arrest hard is only tolerable if we didn’t have:
* no knock raids with flash grenades thrown in cribs at addresses where the perp moved six months ago
* no knock raids by SWAT at 3 AM for non-violent offenses
* welfare checks on the mentally ill for not taking drugs or even calling a suicide hotline before they kill the person
* forfeiture rackets where they stop out of state cars looking for cash and valuables to seize and share with the department
* trumped up charges by prosecutors so that you have to plea to whatever they offer you or else risk life in jail - in short, blackmail to agree to whatever charges they levy
* SWATTING based on false charges, whether by gamers who think it is a funny thing to do to someone or a cool way to get even, or the anti-gun-nuts who are calling for people to call 911 and say an open carry advocate is “threatening children with a gun” to get them gunned down by police