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Thats why I decided not to go into teaching...but...not really the point. You mention the happy medium, which is REALLY your way of avoiding the point. The point is...if you allow lawlessness, bad **** happens.
No one said anything about lawlessness.
They did not approach Garner to choke him because he was selling cigarettes illegally. They didnt approach him necessarily to arrest him. He did not get put to the ground because he was accused of legally selling cigarettes. For all we know, they would have issued a citation and that would have been the end of it. Does it look like Mr Garner was in any way shape or form receptive to being issued a citation, politely or otherwise? THEN what? Just ignore it because the lawbreaker says 'leave me alone'?
While he should not have resisted arrest, the violent actions taken to subdue him (and ultimately kill him) were excessive. What the heck do you think would happen to me as a teacher if I had done what this officer did to a student for a similar offense?