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 Originally Posted by kfaess
This is the part I disagree with. As far as I'm concerned this guy lost most of his rights the instant he starts fighting with the police. Obviously you can't just shoot the guy in the head for taking a swing at an officer, but I'd rather err on the side of slightly too much force than not enough. What if the guy decided to go after the civilian with the broom and broke his nose?
Looks like they were waiting for backup
In a way this could be considered a problem of law enforcement not being properly trained in combat. I think it was kinda clear they didn't attack him at first because they thought it could create more problems simply by merit of them not being able to handle him without more bodies
I'm not sure how much I agree with the justification of force in US cops. Yes, most of the time it is probably justified, but man some of the time it is really, really bad. I think the solution comes more out of nurturing a society in which there isn't need for excessive force, which is some of what I was alluding to about civilian firearms. Like I said, in US there is a serious threat to cops that perps can be armed and deadly, but not so much in places like Finland
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