Seattle Police Defend Own

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I watched the video and saw nothing wrong. He should have broken out his tazer and pepper spray and arrested both of those women for felony assaulting an officer. They should do hard time for behaving like that. They are not victims.

I actually to a degree agree with you...what he did was escalate the situation.

Yeah the goal for the officer is to get home alive but I don't agree with not only the punch but he punched a woman.

Once she fought back she was already in the wrong.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I actually to a degree agree with you...what he did was escalate the situation.

Yeah the goal for the officer is to get home alive but I don't agree with not only the punch but he punched a woman.

Once she fought back she was already in the wrong.

If this was a man and not a woman, would public reaction be different?

Why is it okay for a woman to actively assist someone in resisting arrest and arguably not so for a man? Why shouldn't they face the same consequences?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If this was a man and not a woman, would public reaction be different?

Why is it okay for a woman to actively assist someone in resisting arrest and arguably not so for a man? Why shouldn't they face the same consequences?

I'd probably object to the punch still. It's less about the use of force and more about how the force was used.

But I'd lie if I didn't think there was usually something kind of uncomfortable about a man punching a woman in any context. Too much history.