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The same people complaining about the cops killing this guy with the taser would be saying exactly the same things if the cops cracked this guy's skull during a manual takedown. You've set up a no-win situation where no matter what happens your sympathy for the victim overrides the ability to think critically about the situation.


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Why would it be necessary to crack someone's head open to take him down? This is not a necessary outcome.

What you are setting up is a no-win situation in which either way, the police are required to use excessive, even catastrophic force.

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Whenever the cops use force against someone there is the possibility of death. To somehow say it's safer for the cops, the victim, or the by-standers if 4 cops wrestle this guy to the ground is ludicrous.


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Well of course it isn't. We've got thousands of years of policing indicating otherwise, so no theoretical stretches are being involved here. However, a great deal of hyperbole is involved in your own argument.


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