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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can there just be an understanding that you should never resist arrest? Regardless of race, gender, criminal record - just do not resist arrest. [/quote]

Are you asking this in full awareness that the outcomes of that perspective are nonetheless very different for some groups of people than others?[/quote]

Citation please?  Show me the video or story of a white male/female resisting arrest violently and repeatedly and the outcome of their final arrest. I’ll wait….[/quote]

Physical scuffle, wrestled to the ground, suspect threatened with point blank taser but never used, ended up under officer essentially uninjured, officer neaver reached for gun
https://twitter.com/ramseyboltin/status/1299851359659925507

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Violent White Folks Who Were Taken Into Custody With Loving Care By Police
https://newsone.com/playlist/white-arrested-with-by-police/item/10/[/quote]

[b]Let's stop with the cherry picking please. [/b]This 62 year old white dude was beaten by TN cops so severely his family members didn't recognize him afterwards. The cops tried to cover it up, and the FBI had to investigate
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We can argue to eternity over police brutality of black folks with many examples on white dudes getting shot or beaten by police too. Focusing on race only of the victims entirely misses the bigger picture which is that there is a serious problem with policing in the US that teaches pretty much all cops to dehumanize all citizens they are supposed to be serving 
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Heyyy, power down. You (or whomever) asked for "the video or story of a white male/female resisting arrest violently and repeatedly and the outcome of their final arrest," so I did. Don't ask if you don't want the answer; alternatively, don't enter into an ongoing conversation if you don't want the answer.

Nonetheless, I think you are completely right that there is a serious problem with policing in the US that teaches pretty much all cops to dehumanize all citizens they are supposed to be serving. In addition, it is also true that telling people they should all just never resist arrest (as if that solves the problem) ignores the way the effects of that would be disproportionately felt by some members of society. And the latter is the conversation you either started or chose to enter.

I'm not sure why you would disagree with that differential experience, especially given the last few years, but apparently you do. [/quote]

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