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<blockquote data-quote="The Father" data-source="post: 537384" data-attributes="member: 6911">Tough situation.&nbsp; As others have observed, the guy was stupid to resist arrest - when has that ever turned out to be a winning hand in America the last 20 years?&nbsp; Clearly, the guy was pretty agitated and anyone who knows anything about Staten Island would guess its not the first time the police on SI (largely working class Italian American) harassed a black man.&nbsp; My guess its the 1,000th time and he was sick of it.&nbsp; So I understand why he didn't do the smart thing.&nbsp; It ended up killing him.&nbsp; From the cops standpoint, lots of cops get hurt in otherwise &quot;routine&quot; arrests in so I understand why they err on the side of being hard-asses.It's hard to feel too sorry for anyone here.&nbsp; The guy was grossly overweight and its how to see how that didn't contribute to his death.&nbsp; Also, he claim &quot;I'm just doing my business&quot; is not a sympathetic one - his business is technically illegal.&nbsp; The cops involved, at least some of them, will probably have their lives ruined.&nbsp; It's hard to feel sorry for them, too.&nbsp; Seeing how agitated this guy was, did they really need to arrest him for this non-violent crime?&nbsp; Charge him, fine him, confiscate his stuff, whatever - but does every violation of the law have to end in cuffs?&nbsp; Some Wall St firms were recently fined BILLIONS by the feds for violating the law.&nbsp; BILLIONS.&nbsp; No cuffs.&nbsp; Why does every street crime need to end in cuffs if the crime isn't violent?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Father, post: 537384, member: 6911"] Tough situation. As others have observed, the guy was stupid to resist arrest - when has that ever turned out to be a winning hand in America the last 20 years? Clearly, the guy was pretty agitated and anyone who knows anything about Staten Island would guess its not the first time the police on SI (largely working class Italian American) harassed a black man. My guess its the 1,000th time and he was sick of it. So I understand why he didn't do the smart thing. It ended up killing him. From the cops standpoint, lots of cops get hurt in otherwise "routine" arrests in so I understand why they err on the side of being hard-asses. It's hard to feel too sorry for anyone here. The guy was grossly overweight and its how to see how that didn't contribute to his death. Also, he claim "I'm just doing my business" is not a sympathetic one - his business is technically illegal. The cops involved, at least some of them, will probably have their lives ruined. It's hard to feel sorry for them, too. Seeing how agitated this guy was, did they really need to arrest him for this non-violent crime? Charge him, fine him, confiscate his stuff, whatever - but does every violation of the law have to end in cuffs? Some Wall St firms were recently fined BILLIONS by the feds for violating the law. BILLIONS. No cuffs. Why does every street crime need to end in cuffs if the crime isn't violent? [/QUOTE]

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