Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
Maybe he was hard of hearing, there's a greater than zero probability he would get paralyzed from that takedown, maybe he was high, maybe he was just really stupid
I bolded the most likely candidate. from the video it's very clear to me that the kid is just being uncooperative, at best. and if he's high that further justifies the officer's action, not because being high is ethically wrong, but because he might not make certain rational choices that he would make if he were sober. How are you feeling in this spot as a police officer when you respond to a call and a participant in a fight is uncooperative, won't remove his hands from his pocket after multiple clear, loud requests, and is possibly high?

Regardless, there's more than one way to skin a cat, but the way US law enforcement skins that cat is "if you can justify something, it will be justified", which creates all its own problems, and frankly should be considered un-American, as far as that cliche goes

Also, it's not a coincidence that the TV show COPS is looking for ratings, and then something that looks like it would happen in a Statham movie goes down
Good points; I don't disagree.