[quote=pri_dk][quote=zk]A hypothetical is exactly what that is. What you describe is not what happened in this case.

Passing judgement from a civil, air-conditioned office is exactly what you’re doing.[/quote]

The cops were convicted. Looks like I’m not the only one that “passed judgement.”

Oh…the convictions were wrong?

So the legal system is legitimate when it’s beating the crap out of someone on the street, but not when due process is applied in an air-conditioned courtroom?

But let’s get back to the “hypothetical.” Cuz you avoided an answer to my question:

What would you do?

56 baton blows and six kicks

From people trained in the use of force.

Fifty six baton blows.

So when was King supposed to think that the blows were going to stop?

After the first ten?

After the next twenty?

Not exactly “love taps.” Those cops were winding up for each swing!

Ten more blows…we are barely half way there…

“Oh yeah, sure the pain is excruciating, but I’m sure they’ll stop beating me. Probably sometime before I’m dead…”

Since you know the situation so well, the answer should be easy:

What would you have done?[/quote]

I wouldn’t have thrown two officers off my back, then got up and charged them. I wouldn’t have continued to move around. Then I wouldn’t have gotten 56 baton blows.

Now let me ask you a question. What would you have done if you were in the cops’ situation? A man twice as strong as you wants to attack you. He wants to hurt you. If you go in and try and restrain him, there’s a very good chance he’ll get your gun and shoot you. Now your children are fatherless. What would you do?