Thread: Suspect puts drugs in his mouth; cop breaks his neck

Originally Posted by faesce

this one falls into the second one imo. there's absolutely zero reason why you would ever have to put somebody in a choke hold as a cop--that's why handcuffs and other non-harmful restraining methods exist. if there was a weapon present or any suspicion of a weapon being present, then i would relinquish my contempt for this particular cop. however, if somebody puts a bag of drugs in their mouth to try and evade arrest, you don't fucking choke them which may or may not have had anything to do with the man's death.

Did you even watch the video? The cop tried to get control of the guy, who swallowed some drugs and wouldn't open his give up his hands for anything. To top it all off, the guy appeared to have something in his hand and wouldn't open it to let the cop see. Like I said before, the dude was strung out, and could have easily had a small knife or razor blade in his hand. I think the cop acted very responsibly in not only in making sure that he stayed safe, but also in subduing the suspect.

The guy struggled with the cop instead of giving him his hands to be cuffed, it's his fault 100%.