Then handcuff both |
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Btw fighting is not illegal. Assault is illegal. The actual question is why did the white not not get handcuffed |
Exactly. And the white kid was bigger thus more intimidating. |
Being ready to fight is not a crime. People should not be expected to back down from a bully. The cops should probably have cuffed them both. Do we know that did not happen off video? |
We use to handcuff everybody. People would get pissed we handcuffed “the girls” but I don’t know who has a knife. Everybody gets handcuffed until the situation is worked out. This is clearly racist . |
They were mutual combatants which is barely a crime in NJ. Do those same cops cuff everyone who they see committing a misdemeanor? |
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Thus this thread! They didn’t! They only threw down and knee’d, and cuffed the black kid. |
Gotta treat your beat like a war zone, everyone is a threat. And then you wonder why people complain about brutality |
No the aggressor is the escalator which is the person who puts their hand in someone's face. It moves from verbal towards physical intimidation. The black kid says take your hands out my face and sideswipes the white kids arm. The white kid puts BOTH hands on the black kid and shoves him. The white kid was the first person to use physicality and the first person to push in a threatening manner. You could say that the black kid thought that the white kid putting his hand in his face and swiping it is a form of self-defense. Keep in mind the black kid has nowhere to go. He cant step back because he is backed up to a couch. The white kid could easily step away. The cops were wrong. |
That all sounds good until you understand that assault does not require a physical touch, only the expectation of imminent physical harm. Being yelled at to “let’s go” fight is a pretty clear assault. You are allowed to defend against assault. I admit that the cops are probably racist though. |
Yeah i though the white kid definitely looked like the aggressor in the video.
That said, these kids both look like 14 or something. I don't see why the cops thought they needed to jump straight to cuffing EITHER of them. But definitely once you decide to do one you should do both. The video was ridiculous on that front and the only thing I could think is that it seems like the cops were not on the same page re: cuffing so the one copy just separates the kids, the other goes all in with jumping straight to cuffing - then when that's still taking a bit the first cop helps the other one. I think the first cop's instinct to just get them apart was the better one. These do not look like big guys - they look like they're like 14 and decently skinny boys. |
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