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Originally Posted by ThatGuy
Skateboarding is illegal in that part of town. Therefore they were breaking the law. The fact that the girl was able to wiggle free of the "choke hold" and take off again means it wasn't that serious of a hold.
Now, could he have handled it better? Possibly.
Is skateboarding a serious crime? Not usually.
Should the kids have run? No
Should the Officer be Prosecuted? No, but he should be reprimanded.
Bottom line. If it is illegal to do something, somewhere. Don't go there and do it.  |
I concur.
I don't think anyone would want to be restrained like that.
But what led up to that? I'm sure something went down before this for him to be so angered.
If they were skating in that area it was crowded and someone could've potentially been injured. Or it would detract from people wanting to shop inside the store they were in front of.
Kid ran. Yeah. That was dumb.
If they listened in the first place and respected an elder/authority I'm sure it would've gone down different.