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supermechace t1_itmsju0 wrote

Reply to comment by Rottimer in The NYPD’s Most-Complained-About Cop Speaks Out in Defense of Aggressive Arrests by LittleWind_

Article doesn't make clear if arrests were justified or not(false arrests, cop planted evidence on victim etc). Excessive force is able to be excused away by saying he was apprehended violent criminals who were resisting and even knocking out cops which the article supports his statements. Article is a little odd as it seems to provide more evidence to defend/justify his position

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LostSoulNothing t1_itn5hgt wrote

Excessive force is not appropriate or justifiable regardless of who is being arrested or why (that is literally the distinction between excessive and justified force). Using excessive force when the arrest isn't justified in the first place just means he committed two crimes instead of one.

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supermechace t1_itn9n2d wrote

He was implying that if the accused is violent(or in the examples he gave shrugged off a taser and still knocked out a cop) people will ivory tower judge cops for protecting themselves. So if an accused is knocking out cops you can't expect someone to take punches until they tire out. His argument is that they're not provided any means to restrain violent individuals. The article doesnt go into if all the individuals were violent or resisting arrest, so we only have his testimony

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Uiluj t1_itnve3y wrote

They're 56 substantiated allegations of misconduct. The allegations wouldn't be substantiated as misconduct if they were justified actions to restrain violent individuals.

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