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BlooperHero t1_j9sodlc wrote

"Obey orders or I'll kill you," is a robbery.

And if one person commits a murder during a robbery, they're not only still considered guilty of murder but so are their accomplices who created the situation.

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I know you openly want a police state, but you're in favor of crime so it's not even a proper police state.

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killerbee2319 t1_j9snsdt wrote

Actually, cops are not allowed to assault citizens without cause, and the cause can't be because they wanted to. Now the courts may not choose to enforce these violations of civil rights, or the crimes that officers get away with, but that doesn't change the fact that they are breaking the law.

And in case you are wondering, that is how humans respond to being suddenly and violently attacked. Your body goes into fight, flight, or freeze. Most folks will respond physically when anyone suddenly grabs you. It's called a survival instinct, and cops shouldn't get to use that basic human response to get away with murder.

I'm very sorry that you understand so little about the real world. You have a fine evening in your little fairytale land.

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KingRobotPrince t1_j9smk3b wrote

Your take is the dumb one.

Clearly the guy violently resisted. Saying "he was violently thrown to the ground" and other blah blah means nothing, when the video shows he was resisting and fighting the cop from the minute he tried to get him out of the car.

It's pretty simple. A police officer is allowed to grab someone. A citizen is not allowed to then fight with the cop in response to being grabbed.

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