police brutality or justified?

[notfred]

Personally, I think that repeatedly punching someone in the face for saying "I can't breathe" while you have your knee in his throat should be grounds for losing your job.

The guy probably *is* a piece of crap who deserved to be punched in the face, but that's not the way the police are supposed to handle things. If he had been punched in the face after trying to attack the cop, then ok. But he was punched in the face after saying "I can't breathe".

 

[goodoptics]

FBI probes use of force in L.A. arrest

 

[SmoochyTX]

He was resisting the officers.

It was NOT Brutality.

 

[Canai]

Ahhh.. the life of a cop.... going around, beating people up for the 'greater good' of humanity...

Anyway from what I can see it looks like the guy on the ground was simply trying to get his hands in the way of the cop punching him in the face while the other cop did jack shiat to help restrain or cuff him. Obviously if the suspect is on teh ground with a knee on his throat and another cop on him he really can't pose much of a danger unless he has a weapon.

 

[olds]

If you don't want to get punched, don't resist.
If you don't want any possible violent interaction with the police, don't do crimes.

 

[spacejamz]

From msn.com


In an arrest report obtained by The Associated Press, the officers said they tried to arrest Cardenas as he and two others were drinking beer on a sidewalk.

Cardenas ran and the officers caught up to him, tripped him and swarmed over him to apply handcuffs, the report said.

The officers described repeated blows to the suspect?s face in the report, as well as his efforts to resist, and their concern that he might grab one of their guns during the brawl.

?The suspect?s hand covered my partner?s gun holster so I yelled at my partner to watch his gun. My partner responded by capping his gun and delivering a left elbow to the suspect?s face causing the suspect to let go of him,? the report said.

Pepper spray had ?little effect?
With Cardenas still resisting, one officer used pepper spray on him, but that had ?little effect,? the report said. The officers were only able to handcuff him after two of his friends arrived and told him to stop fighting, according to the report.

Cardenas suffered cuts and bruises on his arms, leg and face, and received stitches on an eyelid. His attorney, B. Kwaku Duren, accused the officers of violating his client?s civil rights and claimed department investigators were stalling.

 

[Firsttime]

He had used violence against police officers to prevent them from doing their job. He deserved get a few knuckle raps in the face.

 

[fishface313]

It's because he was black...duh!

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: fishface313
It's because he was black...duh!

 

[crystal]

excess.

They had the guy under control. They said they will put the handcuffs on. The cop start punching. I see no struggle prior being punched. Do you?

 

[AdamK47]

As usual, the media plays the most sensational portion of the video to make it look one sided. I want to see what happened prior to that before I draw my own conclusion. I'm sure there's more to it somewhere.