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In response to "what is the option krusty? what do you do as a police officer when you ask someone to put hands behind their back" by groiny

Hold him down and cuff him.

Posted by Dignan (aka Dignan) Aug 1 '14, 12:57

wait for backup if you need more help.

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(whatever the cops do in the tens of thousands of these situations where no one dies.) nm - Dignan Aug 1, 13:00 12
- there's an amazing video of Hamilton police dealing with a *highly* resistive woman for several minutes where they were able to subdue her - Reagen Aug 1, 13:03 10
  - this one -- (link) - Reagen Aug 1, 13:06 [youtube] 4
    - I know I sound like a hypocrite, but I feel the cops would have been justified in choking him out for filming in portrait mode. - Dignan Aug 1, 13:11 3
      - I believe so. for me it's an example of a cop taking the extra time to do his job correctly and safely. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 13:16
      - That I'm okay with. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 13:14
      - heh -- nm - zork Aug 1, 13:13
  - was she 350 pounds? -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 13:04 4
    - What I'm not getting is how resisting arrest is stupid, but constricting the passage of oxygen to the guy's lungs is not stupid -- nm - Bery si Aug 1, 13:08 1
      - SFAN -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 13:08
    - how does that change it? - Reagen Aug 1, 13:07 1
      - It is much easier to subdue 150 than it is 350 -- nm - Groiny Aug 1, 13:24
- see have seen a handful of situations where cops detain someone unwilling.... - groiny Aug 1, 13:01
IIRC, there was several cops doing this very thing. - groiny Aug 1, 12:59 12
- And that one guy should face murder charges. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 13:02 1
  - I am sure he will face charges of some sort, yes. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 13:04
- Then the uber aggressive one should be punished. nm - Dignan Aug 1, 13:01 8
  - no, I still believe, if this guys does not resist them at all, he is still alive now. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 13:02 7
    - "Submit to authority and no one gets hurt." -- nm - TWuG Aug 1, 13:10 4
      - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 13:13 3
        
        I'm sympathetic to the "just do what the cops say, and sort it out with a lawyer later" mindset, but cops are - TWuG Aug 1, 13:22 2
        
        not everyone has a lawyer. -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 13:27 1
        
        Lmao -- nm - Groiny Aug 1, 13:31
    - He should be alive regardless. nm - Dignan Aug 1, 13:04
    - blaming the victim is a very dangerous precedent, -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 13:03
- yes, that's the problem, the one who chokeholded him. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 13:00

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