Normal procedure?

[joe h.]

The parents of this kid live across the street from me. I was in the garage when the cops went to their door and gave them the news......Mothers Day morning. I'll never forget it.
Because I have a somewhat bias opinion, I thought I would see how fellow Samba members feel about this.


http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406458_video22.html

[notchback]

My thoughts: Don't run from the police.
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[rusty57]

If you run when you hear, "Stop,Police", you are giving the officers a perception that you have done something wrong. At the very least, you are preventing the officers from conducting their investigation. It is a very bad outcome that could have been avoided if he had not run. Hopefully the fella will be okay and tell his story. I don't think the cop hurt him intentionally.
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[joe h.]

All good points. The weird thing is, he had no reason to run. I'm afraid he will never be able to tell us.

My question is.... is it okay for a 270+lb cop to hit a "suspect" so hard he literally flys into a concrete wall. Even if the wall wasn't there the sidewalk could have done major damage.

This video is clearer.
http://www.komonews.com/home/video/45783147.html?video=pop&t=a

[drscope]

It's easy to make all sorts of judgements from a 5 second video clip.

It looks like the kid stopped just before the cop plowed him. But the cop was already trucking before the kid stopped and probably wouldn't have been able to stop himself anyway. Plus, he was focused on a fleeing suspect.

So who's at fault? When I saw the first Rodney king videos, I thought the cops were in the wrong. But after seeing the entire video, maybe they wern't so wrong in their actions.

Bottom line, if some BIG cop with a gun and a stick tells you to stop, you better stop!

In this case, it won't matter who is right and who is wrong, the kid is still screwed up. And maybe he wouldn't have been if he would'nt have run to begin with.
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[Vanhag]

If your first instinct is to run from the cops then that's the kind of person who deserves a good smacking. Natural Selection.
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[ovalboy]

Yep, if the cop yells "STOP"... then stop. If you know you haven't done anything wrong, why are you running? I've got no sympathy for someone who gets hurt because they didn't stop when the cops told them to.

[ninja90177]

The real perps probably killed a few people, robbed some houses and stole some cars while the LEOs were pre-occupied with this, now, half-dead kid laying on the ground.

Who knows, though? I hope he recovers.

Why are there some many LEO storys popping up lately? On the news and in papers, I mean.

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[Eaallred]

Nobody runs from the cops for "no reason". I don't care how much you want to believe that he had no reason to, he did.

He's not a "kid" either, he's a grown adult with 11 years of "adulthood" under his belt.

He made the poor choice to run from the cops, and the consequenses are common sense. That cop will chase you until he throws your ass to the ground. The family has no right to be pissed at the authorities on this one. The cop doesn't know if he has a weapon on him that he will use or not when he finally does catch up to him or not. They don't run up and take you by the hand. They are going to throw you to the ground to make sure you are not a threat.

The police were in the right on this one, IMHO.
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[TimGud]

Cops says stop you better do so. The penalty for not following orders is death.

[zozo]

Who calls that "running"? It looks like he was barely trotting, damned near stopped, and mostly facing the officer.

Late at night, when it's quiet, and he hears nothing but his thoughts, I'll bet the cop will hear the sound of that kids head hitting the wall, and will decide that it was completely unnecessary. He might have a kid, and remember that they do stupid things sometimes, for no apparent reason. Poor judgment, which is normally a privilege of youth. No doubt that running was a bad call on the kids part. I'm not defending it. He should not have run. No logical reason for it. Should he be comatose for it, and possibly die? I don't think so.

I also don't believe it's necessary to throw a submissive suspect on the ground and bury a knee in their kidney while cuffing them. Or have 2-3-4 cops do it all at once. They've surrendered. They've made themselves a willing prisoner. When did inflicting pain and injury become routine procedure?

Cops get away with that crap for the same reason they can drive 85 down the freeway without it being an emergency, and it's a-okay. To quote Judge Dredd, "I am the law." Cops being policed by cops. People bitch about lawyers. I think this is even worse.

I'm sure there were high fives all around for this one.

What a damn shame.

[joe h.]

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[Culito]

Adrenaline is an interesting substance.
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