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Uhmm, Pat the article is titled, "Assaulting a police officer" may not mean what you think.

The ensuing discussion is about the same. David posted briefs of laws which describe how a person can be accused of "assault" w/o actually touching or physically threatening an officer. He adds real life examples of such to prove his point. While the video does not prove the story. It also doesn't prove the wheelchair-bound man had a can or a gun. What it shows is the man being slammed to the ground which I assume is what caused him to bleed.

It shouldn't matter how sympathetic you are to officers, the question really does boil down to an abuse of power. Did the wheelchair-bound man produce enough of a threat that he needed to be subdued by being slammed to the ground. He can't walk. So I can't imagine the officers saw him as much of a threat.

@Officer Cicero, Excuse me Mr Officer, but on point #1, you simply repeated and cosigned what David already said.

by HogWash on May 26, 2011 12:03 pm • link • report

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