[Faith Presses On]

” Or he just might have been irrational, perhaps under the influence of some drug, and didn’t care about anyone’s life or death, including his own.”
His actions as he got out of the car showed he cared about his life. He was able to rationally comply with the cops directives.

As I said, that in itself means nothing. Sometimes people stop when pulled over by police (comply), then either attack police or flee (resist after first complying). He had already fled once and led them on an hour-long high-speed. He MIGHT have complied, and he might not have.

[TexasGator]

“He MIGHT have complied, and he might not have.”

So the cops have the right to beat him up for something he MIGHT do?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Oy vey!

So every perp complying with police could snap and attack at any moment before both cuffs are secured, so lets let cops just beat the $#^t out of every perp who isn’t secure cuffed int he back of a cruiser yet.

For crying out loud. That is called torturing an argument and refusing to admit you are wrong.

Sheesh!

[sport]

The fact of the matter is that he was compliant before he got the hell beat out of him.

I don't know how it is where you came from, but in the United States of America, it is the Courts and a Judge that imposes punishment. not the police, as the arrested former officers probably informed. And said punishment is imposed only after a finding of guilty in open Court by a jury of his/her peers, or a Judge. If you are unhappy with that, the solution is simple. Return to where you came.Here, the police investigate, apprehend, they do not punish. Once the arrest is made, the arrestee is in the custody of the Court.