If he threw two punches would he be justified? what about three? what if he broke her teeth out? still justified? not enough? what if he took her gun out and shot her right there? are we at the level of satisfied violence? If you don't see the point I'm trying to make then I'll spell it out for you.
There's a level of response that some people find justifiable but the reason this story is hitting the news is because most people don't think you need 4 officers to carry and 1 officer to throw punches in order to restrain a person. It's the officers job to prevent people from getting hurt so I really don't understand how you think there was no better option than escalating the violence? It honestly baffles me.
Your point sucks because that didn't happen. They were removing a belligerent drunk, she became violent, he stopped the violence (and defended himself!) with a single clean punch then continued on to detain her as normal. He didn't throw her on the ground, he didn't beat her to a pulp, he didn't use a weapon, he didn't shoot anybody. He stopped the violence and removed her from the situation. This is WHAT COPS DO, people, if they've been called into a situation like this they shut it down. If it had been more blows from the cop after the woman was clearly incapacitated I might agree with you but he put an end to the ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER that she was committing and carried on.
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u/Jazz_P9350 Nov 05 '17
If he threw two punches would he be justified? what about three? what if he broke her teeth out? still justified? not enough? what if he took her gun out and shot her right there? are we at the level of satisfied violence? If you don't see the point I'm trying to make then I'll spell it out for you.
There's a level of response that some people find justifiable but the reason this story is hitting the news is because most people don't think you need 4 officers to carry and 1 officer to throw punches in order to restrain a person. It's the officers job to prevent people from getting hurt so I really don't understand how you think there was no better option than escalating the violence? It honestly baffles me.