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Erudite wrote

-Snowflake wrote I'm saying if he didn't resist he would not have died.

I agree that it's less likely he would have died, but I don't think that people resisting arrest should matter all that much.
The police should have non-lethal ways of dealing with people who resist arrest, and they do.
It always seems to be a matter of whether they've employed those means properly or not which leads to situations like this.

For example, I posted about Ervin Leon Edwards on this topic and he was killed by the police in a holding cell.
The police said he was combative, so when they got him into the cell, one officer decided to press a taser against him to subdue him. Obviously if you're being tased non-stop you are going to struggle, being tased isn't something you can simply choose not to react to, so in their mind he continued being 'combative.'
If that officer used the taser correctly, or not at all considering how many other officers there were helping him, that death could have been avoided despite him resisting.

For me, if an officer kills someone and then says they were resisting arrest, that's not a good enough reason on its own.

the point that me saying he was resisting arrest had nothing to do with the means in which he was killed.

no they should not have put him in a choke lock. it is illegal. However think about this. Videos are bias. you do not know what occurred before, or even all the way through the video. You do not know if police have had difficult confrontations with him before. He was obviously way bigger than the officers, and so that is how they chose to take him down. Who knows maybe thats the only way they felt like they could..

All im saying is get arrested if someone tries to arrest you, and if you are innocent you will get set free. There is no reason to antagonize an attack.

And as far as the most recent things with people saying "they took him on a wild ride" i want you to be aware he had no bodily injuries that would show he was on a wild ride.

The cop put his knee on his neck while attempting to handcuff him (since he was resisting) no its not proper, but who knows maybe he was trying to put it on his shoulder and it slipped onto his neck. You don't no, neither do I. Either way the officer wasn't initially trying to kill him. Just arrest him.

They are wannabe revolutionists.
They are also thugs.

I'll just leave this here...

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All I can say is wow crazy...

Colombian wrote

-Snowflake wrote There is never a reason for a violent riot, and looting to take place.

anyone who is defending these riots needs to realize what they are doing.

The majority of the looters are not even from baltimore they have come in to take advantage of the situation at hand.

Protest all you want about what ever you want wheather you are white,black, gay, what ever it is.... once it turns into choas the only thing you deserve is to be arrested.

Im sorry, but they are acting like animals. what on earth gives them the rights to destroy a town? NOTHING!!!!

let cops do their job, if they do it unlawfully, then there should be action taken upon them.

Be respectful to police, do not resist arrest. Maybe this won't happen.

The only thing these riots are doing is playing on the stereotype of black people. That they are all "criminals". No that is not what the majority are. That is a minority, however you are just feeding the fire.

These riots need to stop. just protest.....

Do not resist arrest? Pretty dumb to say after the Eric Garner incident. Proves our point about f*cking up the corrupt police. MLK's plan won't work today in age. They have to take it Malcolms way whether you like it or not.

How ignorant and stupid you just made yourself look.

While I don't support the fact that innocent store owners are getting their property destroyed, or the fact that riots are becoming more and more popular, I do believe that violence is the best way to get results. I don't like it, but that's the hard truth. A wolf kills to assert dominance in the pack. We go to war to create peace. Violence is a means to an end. Petty riots, however won't do anything. If they want something to change, they would need riots nationwide; a civil war, somewhat. I do not condone violence, I am simply given an unbiased opinion.

Mew.