• clover@slrpnk.netEnglish
    34·
    1 month ago

    Thats like saying its fine to pit maneuver someone for driving with a cellphone in their hand. Its not safe for the citizen or an appropriate response. The state should not put you in a situation where you are likely to break a limb or suffer a brain injury for a minor infraction.

    • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
      71·
      1 month ago

      Not to mention that he yelled profanities at them 😱 C’mon, four policemen jumping all over him?

        • bookmeat@fedinsfw.appEnglish
          172·
          1 month ago

          Uh, nope. Not however they see fit. We’re all human and we all deserve kindness and compassion.

            • eksb@programming.devEnglish
              151·
              1 month ago

              If the cops yell “hey you stop” at a cyclist who rolls a stop sign in the middle of a bunch of hostile car-centric infrastructure and the cyclist keeps riding, the correct response is for the cops to go fuck themselves.

        • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
          11·
          1 month ago

          However they see fit? Like, sexual assault? Shooting wildly into a crowded area? Taking a bribe to forget the whole thing? Grabbing an innocent bystander as a hostage? Nuclear weapons? Hunting down your kin and erasing all traces of your bloodline?

        • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
          5·
          1 month ago

          It’s absolutely not though. Most places have clear rules on how cops can pursue, grounded in concern for public safety. And even if they don’t there are standards for what level of force is reasonable for a given suspected crime. In this case it wasn’t even a suspected crime, it was a suspected civil violation.