OK I found myself watching a couple episodes of cops yesterday on one of Spikes marathons. Now I'm not judging anyone in the police field because let's face it they do have a stressful job and even though I don't agree with a lot of their priorities and tactics I guess unless I actually did what they do on a daily basis I can't really cast too many stones. Plus I would hope that most are good people and do a good job protecting us from bad people.
Now with that being said. I saw on probably every other arrest where there were suspects who obviously had given up. To the point of lying on the ground face first with their hands on their heads waiting for an officer to make it over to them when BAM at least one cop felt the need to drive their knee into their head smashing it into the ground while another officer proceeded to take their wrists and twist the fuck out of them. The whole time the suspect is yelling that he or she has given up and the officers yelling stop resisting or we are gonna taze you.
Now granted in a few of the arrests it was following a foot chase or car chase and I would have to assume that would get anyone's adrenaline pumping so a little bit of aggression by the police I would think would be expected even though I would hope they are trained to channel that somehow. But in all honesty the majority of the time it was during just stupid little situations that IMO didn't warrant a knee to the head. Am I making too much of this? I keep telling myself well your probably bias or your probably not seeing it from a neutral viewpoint. I don't know but I mean the shit is right there on a TV show. Lol WTF.
I mean who wouldn't resist a little if your laying there and all of a sudden your teeth are being chipped off the pavement and your wrists are being twisted to the point where your brain automatically goes into fight or save mode. I've been fighting with this all night in my head and I just can't see how that's fair unless they person is showing aggressive behavior or doing something that would cause the police to use those tactics. Its like a no win situation. Just wondering if I'm the only one who picks up on that or maybe I'm making too much of it. Can't wrap my head around it....AR....
Now with that being said. I saw on probably every other arrest where there were suspects who obviously had given up. To the point of lying on the ground face first with their hands on their heads waiting for an officer to make it over to them when BAM at least one cop felt the need to drive their knee into their head smashing it into the ground while another officer proceeded to take their wrists and twist the fuck out of them. The whole time the suspect is yelling that he or she has given up and the officers yelling stop resisting or we are gonna taze you.
Now granted in a few of the arrests it was following a foot chase or car chase and I would have to assume that would get anyone's adrenaline pumping so a little bit of aggression by the police I would think would be expected even though I would hope they are trained to channel that somehow. But in all honesty the majority of the time it was during just stupid little situations that IMO didn't warrant a knee to the head. Am I making too much of this? I keep telling myself well your probably bias or your probably not seeing it from a neutral viewpoint. I don't know but I mean the shit is right there on a TV show. Lol WTF.
I mean who wouldn't resist a little if your laying there and all of a sudden your teeth are being chipped off the pavement and your wrists are being twisted to the point where your brain automatically goes into fight or save mode. I've been fighting with this all night in my head and I just can't see how that's fair unless they person is showing aggressive behavior or doing something that would cause the police to use those tactics. Its like a no win situation. Just wondering if I'm the only one who picks up on that or maybe I'm making too much of it. Can't wrap my head around it....AR....
