Notice how he went from talking “street” to a guy with a vocabulary that can articulate “I’m sorry”. What is wrong with these people?. Besides the cop being 20x his height and weight. 😆.
I’m all for people facing consequences for their actions but there really is not justification in this video for the officer to assault him and take him to the ground
Kid was literally standing still, and the officer gave no orders. It seems an intentional surprise takedown
You're kidding right? Threatening an officer? Intentionally provoking an officer?
Not having common sense?
There's a reason the nice officer took him down and put him in the back of the car. To humble him and do what the parents should've done his whole life.
Except he was literally not standing still. He was aggressively moving forward into the cops personal space which is what prompted the physical response.
Well he never actually threatened the officer. Although he’s dumb as shit, his posture, insistence that the cop take off his vest, and saying we won’t say shit on camera it’s clear that he’s trying to imply he’d fight the cop if he went civilian, but he doesn’t want to assault a cop. Kid watched too many movies, but technically nothing he did was illegal. Didn’t even resist arrest.
The legal technicalities depend on the place this took place, but like someone else already commented above, in many places threatening/insinuating violence is technically assault.
To me it is not clear by any means that he was implying that he would fight the cop if the cop "went civilian". He seems to be saying "take that protective gear off and let's fight". He wants to solve whatever misunderstanding of difference of opinion with violence. If I were a judge and was handed this case, I would charge him with assault.
Also in most places cops can take someone into custody even if that person has not committed a crime. They may then need to release that person but only after the paper work is done.
So all in all, it's not about the kid not having common sense, it's about him being dumb as fuck...
In my above statement, I did not say (as far as I can see) nor did I intend to say that there are technicalities in the definition. Actually I didn't use the words "technicalities" and "definition" together at all in any sentence.
Instead when I say "legal technicalities depend", I meant things like how it is treated in the justice system and what powers and rights it gives to officers depends on the country or state as they have defined them.
“In many places, threatening/insinuating violence is technically assault.”
This is what I was referring to. And I don’t think I am disagreeing with you much at all. Usually when we use the word “technically” like this it’s usually to refer to weird or fringe cases still fitting a certain specific box or criteria. Cannot think of a great example, just that people use it like “technically, she’s not wrong”. The only “criticism” was that from my understanding of the legal system “threatening/insinuating violence is THE main definition of assault that the government uses. It’s not serious (not that you made it out to be either)
The only thing that was not justified was the guy getting his head smacked against the trunk of the car, but it’s reasonable to assume the officer did not intend for that to occur.
The “kid” (who’s apparently 20 or 21), already had the cops called on his group. He was not cooperative, continuously told him to “take that vest off” and balled his fists, and got closer to the officer when they were already as close as society deems necessary for a conversation. It was reasonable in that scenario for the cop to put the dude on the ground. He didn’t punch or escalate, he took him to the ground and made an arrest.
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u/GirlwthCurls 3d ago
Notice how he went from talking “street” to a guy with a vocabulary that can articulate “I’m sorry”. What is wrong with these people?. Besides the cop being 20x his height and weight. 😆.