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In reply to the discussion: Police slammed a man's head into a car that they thought he had stolen, video shows. The man died. [View all]not_the_one
(2,227 posts)that my attitude was "Fight the Man", "Piss Off the Pigs"...
But I grew up, lived some life, and learned some things.
When the police tell you, or ask you, to do something, it is NOT the start of a negotiation. Just Do It. Acting as if you have some control over what is going on ALWAYS ends up badly. Things easily tend to spiral out of control.
Your options if you don't are possibly ending up dead, or hopefully sorting it out through the legal system.
I say AT LEAST TRYING to sort it out through the legal system is the better option. Sometimes it gets sorted, sometimes it doesn't, but you AREN'T dead. As long as you aren't dead, you at least can still continue to try to sort...
This guy took responsibility for his own actions when he didn't notify authorities he had his car back, then decided to take the police on a high-speed car chase.
Things certainly spiraled out of control. Now he is dead.