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Of course there is a serious problem with police misconduct. It's obvious from all the stories that have surfaced in the past couple decades. But it is utterly retarded to treat every cop who throws a punch the same way you would treat a cop who shoots unarmed suspects. Each situation must be analyzed separately.

If he had punched a girl who was cooperating, then of course I would be on your side, but she was trying to help a woman who was resisting arrest. Plain and simple.

If she was a ten year old, then of course I would be on your side, but she was a full grown woman even though she was technically under 18.

If this was any other situation and a man punched a woman, of course I would be on your side, but the police can NOT treat genders differently, or crazy girls like this will get away with whatever they want to do. The simple fact is that women can be a danger to police just like men, so they must be treated the same.

I just don't understand how you can possibly be on the side of the spoiled belligerent lawbreakers.

Now about the supposed "double standard" issue. I don't do that. I am a firm believer that the police should be the model of a law abiding citizen, and will not tolerate police who break laws. But that is simply not what happened here. He had every right to arrest the first girl, and he had every right to punch anybody who tried to prevent him from arresting the first girl.

In regards to the crowd, I really don't care if the crowd was not violent at that moment. The fact that the cop was surrounded by a crowd who was obviously on the side of the lawbreaker makes it a very dangerous environment. At any second, one of those people could have stepped in to assault the officer, and in fact that is exactly what happened. Now what if he was wrestling with two suspects (instead of beating one down quickly) and a third person steps in? That would be the end of him, and he knows it. He was having a difficult enough time with the first stupid girl, when the second girl assaulted him, he had to take her out of the equation fast.

Look, I am not a blind police supporter. In most of these videos, I am one of the people calling for heads to roll. I am sick of police brutality, but this is not one of those videos. This was a solitary, undertrained cop trying to do his job in the middle of a situation he is having a hard time controlling. It would be wonderful if we could "just get all officers better training". I would be fully in support of that. It doesn't change the fact that the level of force this officer used was appropriate. In fact, he was not using enough force on the girl he was originally trying to arrest, which directly led to the higher level of force he had to use on the second.

And yes, those of you who are outraged at this officer are making the situation worse. Get mad at the cops who shoot people first and ask questions later. Get mad at the cops who assault peaceful protesters. There are tons of videos out there where cops are abusing their authority that you should be outraged about. But when you get outraged at a cop who is trying to do what he is supposed to be doing, you are creating an atmosphere of disrespect that will lead to escalating violence. The video is, in fact, a perfect example. If they respected the officer who was doing his job properly, there would have been no violence at all.

There are times, in extreme circumstances, when resisting an unlawful arrest might be the right thing to do, but this is not one of them. In the vast, vast majority of cases you should simply take the citation and fight it in court. Resisting arrest is a crime, and on top of that it will make you look more guilty for whatever the cop is charging you. If you are caught in a situation where you did not break any laws, you best bet for getting out of trouble is to fully comply with the police.

Sigh. This is such a stupid argument. I can't believe there are so many people on the side of the morons who are trying to weasel out of a jaywalking ticket.

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