"Marin had acted appropriately in a situation where Claunch could not be controlled by his caregivers."
OK, now that we know that it would have been "inappropriate" to use a non-lethal weapon like pepper spray, or less-lethal weapon such as a baton or taser to subdue a wheelchair-bound man, let's drop the pretense of providing these items to officers. Let's also drop all concepts of "escalation of force" or "force continuum." Let's all assume what is too often proving to be true: that any confrontation with a police officer is likely to end with the citizen dead and the policeman cleared of wrongdoing. And let's all act accordingly.
What do I hear from the Holder DOJ, "defender" of our civil rights? Nothing, of course.
"Marin had acted appropriately in a situation where Claunch could not be controlled by his caregivers."
ReplyDeleteOK, now that we know that it would have been "inappropriate" to use a non-lethal weapon like pepper spray, or less-lethal weapon such as a baton or taser to subdue a wheelchair-bound man, let's drop the pretense of providing these items to officers. Let's also drop all concepts of "escalation of force" or "force continuum." Let's all assume what is too often proving to be true: that any confrontation with a police officer is likely to end with the citizen dead and the policeman cleared of wrongdoing. And let's all act accordingly.
What do I hear from the Holder DOJ, "defender" of our civil rights? Nothing, of course.