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I've had plenty of "runins" with police... and I've learned, you don't do stupid **** like that, else you're sometimes gonna end up with a knee on your neck..or a set of cuffs so tight you don't feel your hands after 5 minutes.
Some people believe that animocity in humans is gone when they put on a badge... it's just as much there.. if not more there, considering the bull**** they put up with from ****asses like I used to be back in the day.
Excessive? Yep.
The way things ought to be is that a policeman should act with total respect under the assumption that you are innocent until proven guilty. However, police run into lots of punks with foul mouths and **** up attitudes, so they become accustomed to the worst in society, who speak abusively to officers and provoke officers unnecesarily.
Both of these are great points. The badge itself doesn't necessarily change a persons core personality, but the working conditions can impact their judgment in a negative sense and the way they interact with other people. Cops are still people who generally have very good intentions. Common sense says that you don't provoke the authority just because you have the ability, human nature works both ways and ill consequences could result. Respecting authority is almost always the safe bet, take your complaint to the department or the feds after the incident. Don't gamble that you can actually out-argue a cop on the scene and win. It will only escalate. Not saying the cop is always right, but you shouldn't deliberately bring down the wrath upon yourself.
That said, some people have absolutely no business ever being cops. This case is an example of excessive and totally unnecessary force being used against a minor child with a smart mouth, nothing more. This guy should be behind bars, being held to the same standard the rest of us are.