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Originally Posted by Jason1
yea, I was watching dateline the other day, it was about online sexual predators or whatever, and how they talk to kids online or whatever. Anyways, Dateline had this house set up where they were going to "meet" a kid, but instead they get to the front door and walk in and there's ted coppel or whoever from dateline. Anyways, on their way out they are then arrested. As they are walking back to their car, the cops jump out and scream at the guys and brutally shove them to the ground. It was obvious these guys had no intention whatsoever of running, as soon as they see the cops they put their hands up, yet the cops still find the need to shove them to the ground. Now im not saying these are great guys, I mean what they were doing is obviously wrong, but I find the excessive force to be a simple matter of the cops going on a power trip for no reason.
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This is a common misinterpretation. Cops force suspects to the ground in a rough manner for their own safety. Sure, maybe someone looks like they're going to go quietly... and then when the cop lets his guard down the suspect pulls out a weapon and attacks. I have 2 friends who are cops. It happens more than you think, even in areas that are considered "safe".
Police officers go out everyday and put their lives on the line and have protocols that are in place to keep themselves safe. For every hippie that takes a tumble, thats one more cop that goes home safe. If you start asking police officers to pre-qualify the intentions on a suspect you are opening the doors to further violence.
Now I say this knowing that there is unneccessary violence by police officers, but its hardly the rule and that guy's little bruise is not an example of it.