That guys isn't a small guy. It makes sense to cuff him. It helps protect the officers as well as the suspect. He was getting arrested and was told to put his hands behind his back. He should have listened.
This is true, but as a police officer they should be trained in deescalating situations. Allowing someone to walk to the car, and then cuffing them, seems like an easy compromise to make for a peaceful walk to the car. Again, i don't have all the information, perhaps there were mitigating reasons on why this man couldn't be trusted.
@Darqnezz opinion, as he has been a policeman IIRC.
If you have searched him with a pat down, and he is complying by walking to the car, what difference does his size make? It is simple situation deescalation. By forcing the issue this is what happens. Now, perhaps there were reasons it had to go this way, but this isn't the only way to police.
With the way cops beat on high school kids they probably thought that dude had 10 heads and would kill all of them and their families.
He's not complying. He was asked to put his hands behind his back and the officer had physical custody.This is true, but as a police officer they should be trained in deescalating situations. Allowing someone to walk to the car, and then cuffing them, seems like an easy compromise to make for a peaceful walk to the car. Again, i don't have all the information, perhaps there were mitigating reasons on why this man couldn't be trusted.
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I wasn't suggesting throw him the keys and let him stroll over on his own; Escort him over. It isn't even about the criminal getting his own way, think of the headache this causes for the officers involved. A peaceful walk to the car makes everything easier for them.
It is about the guy getting his own way. You know that guy is going to push the inch into the mile.
They probably tried to deescalate the situation before the video started. Once they decided to take him into custody, it's procedure to put on cuffs. You do it for everyone. 100% of the time. These guys didn't & it escalated.This is true, but as a police officer they should be trained in deescalating situations. Allowing someone to walk to the car, and then cuffing them, seems like an easy compromise to make for a peaceful walk to the car. Again, i don't have all the information, perhaps there were mitigating reasons on why this man couldn't be trusted.
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It has been my opinion for years that all police forces of a certain size should employ the services of a full time grappling coach and officers should be required to attend class a couple of times per week. Get these guys the hand to hand training they need and the non-lethal weapons and training they need.
Yeah, that case is nuts.
The situation in the OP could easily have been a replica of SF were it not for the mother filming, I'd postulate that that's the reason it was as sloppy as it was.
I think that is a large jump in logic. While I think everyone should film every encounter they have with police, that woman was getting way too close and screaming hysterically while a crowd seems to have gathered. She was escalating the situation. Cops should be trained well enough so that two of them can handle handcuffing a typical suspect while a third runs crowd control. The guy that did that in this case didn't do a very good job IMHO. He should have had everyone backed up to the stairwell making it easier to contain them. She could have still filmed it from there.
