[quote=CA renter] But the Carlsbad police officer who responded to the call saw that the boy was freaking out — he thought he was going to jail — and gave a public education demonstration to the kids, showing them all the gear they wear and answering questions the kids had, etc., instead of threatening and berating us. He was **amazing** in the way he handled everything. And that was just one incident; we’ve had others that were also very positive.
I agree with meadandale and blogstar. We are only shown a video of what happened after-the-fact. She might be a middle-aged white woman driving a minivan with two kids in it, but that doesn’t mean she’s a model citizen. It was pretty clear in this video that she was putting up a fight and resisting arrest. We really can’t make a determination based on this short snippet of a video. We need to see and hear the entire story in order to make an informed judgment.[/quote]
Pretty sad when for no particular reason *not* getting beat up by the police qualifies as an amazing experience.
CAR, if the police are beating you up protecting yourself is not resisting arrest. Well, maybe it is in an socialist/authoritarian fascist police state.
If video existed out there to counter this video account of police brutality, it would be out there. It isn’t, because it doesn’t exist.
In a free society you have the right to defend yourself.
