Not sure if your are serious or trolling but there are too many videos online that show just the opposite.
Show me a video of a white guy ressisting arrest and not getting slammed by the cop. That doesn't happen.
Not sure if your are serious or trolling but there are too many videos online that show just the opposite.
The cops used force on her first. After she's cuffed, she supposedly kicks one of them
In general, a person may not use physical force to resist a lawful arrest by a police officer who is known or reasonably appears to be a peace officer. Resisting an arrest is a misdemeanor. Resisting arrest typically involves an arrestee physically struggling with an officer as he tries to place on handcuffs, or when the arrestee struggles as he is being placed in a patrol car or jail cell.
(like that supposed to do any damage)
Not sure if your are serious or trolling but there are too many videos online that show just the opposite.
Show me a video of a white guy ressisting arrest and not getting slammed by the cop. That doesn't happen.
She wasn't arrested for assault let's not forget the kick came after he tackled her. Also I know exactly what she was arrested for I just don't get how it's in anyway acceptable. I don't care if you're. A cop or not and the end of the day we're all humans getting stopped questioned then assaulted for doing nothing is unacceptable.Yes you should be able to assault police officers at will, and they should just have to take it. Makes perfect sense.
He tried to explain, she wouldn't listen.
The white guy wouldn't be getting harassed for jaywalking to begin with, which is the entire point.
jaywalking is a pretty daft law tbh, i can understand on a highway but on normal streets? hhhmm
You can get arrested for crossing a road in the us? wtf
You can get arrested for crossing a road in the us? wtf
Watch the video, that is not why she was arrested.
You seem to be defending these "prick" cops with much effort.
You seem to put a lot of faith into strangers who randomly stop you.What he did was standard, this woman brought it on by doing what she did after being stopped. You don't resist arrest.
What he did was standard, this woman brought it on by doing what she did after being stopped. You don't resist arrest.
You seem to put a lot of faith into strangers who randomly stop you.
Where do you live that it's standard to stop people for jaywalking?
Where do you live that it's standard to stop people for jaywalking?
I'm almost speechless. A comment like this leads me to believe your either young or naive. Cops are absolutely strangers and with a random stop like that for crossing the street is akin to getting ticketed for walking.Cops aren't random strangers.
What he did was standard, this woman brought it on by doing what she did after being stopped. You don't resist arrest.
She handled that in a remarkably stupid manner for a professor.
A STEM professor would have handled it in a more logical manner.
How dare her ask for an explanation. She should just shut up and comply or be forcefully arrested.
Wrong, she was continually resisting arrest despite the many warnings of the officer. Takedown, justified.Yeah, no, not buying the "resisting arrest" crap.
His physical reaction was way over the top given how she resisted. She was not a physical threat to him at all, he didn't need to go that far to arrest her. The very definition of excessive force.
I'm almost speechless. A comment like this leads me to believe your either young or naive. Cops are absolutely strangers and with a random stop like that for crossing the street is akin to getting ticketed for walking.
He did explain it though.
I have a feeling most of the people here didn't actually watch the full video.
Also, she got slammed because she was resisting arrest not because she was jaywalking.
The cop in the video says this several times before taking her down:
"I don't want to fight you"
"Stop fighting me"
"Stop"
As the woman continues to resist arrest.
Wrong, she was continually resisting arrest despite the many warnings of the officer. Takedown, justified.
I did watch the video and his explanation was repeatedly cutting her off with "let me see your ID".
The way you guys view "resisting arrest" is truly precious. She didn't take off running. She wanted to talk it out but the cop was not willing to treat her as anything more than a criminal.
Here is a mostly unedited video. There's much more dialogue between her and the police officer.
He repeatedly says she is "walking in the middle of the street". Which to me would imply more than jaywalking, but literally walking down the street in a lane.
Just because the news station edits a video down that doesn't mean it's all the police released.
There's a huge difference being stopped by a cop and asked for ID or being stopped by a random dude and asked the same. How can you not see that?
A random stop for "walking" but its law.
Is that whole street closed to construction or am I just seeing it wrong? Didn't get to see the first video since I was on my phone. Figured it was just some construction on the sidewalk and she crossed the street to avoid it. If the whole street was closed, what the fuck was the cop thinking?
There was a reason.I did watch the video and his explanation was repeatedly cutting her off with "let me see your ID".
The way you guys view "resisting arrest" is truly precious. She didn't take off running. She wanted to talk it out but the cop was not willing to treat her as anything more than a criminal.
the only difference is power. You have no idea what their motive is.
Same here. I was "detained" because a gas station was robbed. They put me in custody and drove me across the street where some old guy with glasses thankfully gave them the thumbs down. It's scary how fragile one's freedom is. Since then I've looked at these assholes with a sideways glance of mistrust.
Treated as a criminal because she wasn't complying...
You are not required to help a police officer arrest you. That is not resisting arrest.
Agreed. Random strangers are far less likely to victimize you.Cops aren't random strangers.
She was warned before she was arrested, more than once. All she had to do was show her ID. Instead she argued about why she shouldn't have to and about how she's a teacher.
Edit: she refused to comply in other words.
The police state is real. Comply or be slammed.
This isn't about her not doing as ordered. This is about a cop with horrific conflict deescalation skills.
There's no way someone should be slammed down like that over fucking jaywalking. Jaywalking. She was doing so due to construction blocking the road but this bully (and that's what he is) was having a bad day and needed to blow off some steam so he wanted to fuck with her.
He could have calmly explained to her and in turn listen and dialed the conversation down. It's not her job to know how to deal with police. It *IS* his job to know how to deal with people to deescalate a situation. Especially over something as petty as jaywalking.
"Ma'am, I'm just doing my job and I'll let you off with a verbal warning. Please be careful when crossing the street. Perhaps you could cross somewhere else" would have been all it takes.
But nope. Not for her. Cause he wasn't gonna have someone sass him.
Comply or get the pain stick.
Did she? Where is the law on the books?
No, this exact same thing happened to a white chick in Texas a few months ago. There was a thread here on it.The white guy wouldn't be getting harassed for jaywalking to begin with, which is the entire point.
I'm dissappointed that you ignored my response and are looking at this from a preconventional sense of morality.Treated as a criminal because she wasn't complying...