Watching your husband die at the hands of police (Warning: graphic video)

[JJChambers]

34. That's useless way to frame that question

I have a problem with anyone dying needlessly. By all appearances the officers used necessary, reasonable and appropriate force to subdue this man who had just been involved in a reporter domestic disturbance. I, being a reasonable person, recognize that sometimes the police will have to use some level of force to make an arrest. Asking someone nicely to turn around and submit to an arrest may well work most of the time; and we likely never hear about those cases.

But, as is suggested in this thread, should the police encounter someone who doesn't submit to arrest -- are they to simply give the man a business card and ask him to turn himself in when he feels like it? Be realistic. Sometimes people, by their own actions, leave the cops no choice but to use force. And cops are allowed to do so, as long as the force is reasonable, necessary and appropriate.

Based upon the video, there was nothing excessive about the force used in this case. It's unfortunate that the decedent's actions required the officers to use force, but that falls on his shoulders, not theirs.