(February 3, 2021 at 2:37 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Why would they think that, and why would their training suggest or imply that? Why should they have known better?
Known better with respect to what? Particularly if we're suggesting that they thought their training would dictate it, that they thought that society would assent. Is this just one of those inexplicable mysteries of the universe, like what happened before the big bang, you reckon?
Here's one that isn't rhetorical. How, do you imagine, has a person who has in their own estimation been against police brutality and for the need for reform, found themselves making common cause with cops who maced a fourth grader as...... again in their own estimation......a negative reaction to the religion of anti-racism? If I were in the business of spreading racist propaganda - I'd be reading you like you were writing a manual. Does the absurdity of your situation, in this regard, ever hit you?
I think they should have known better because it seems to me they probably could have done something different in their situation, like grab the girl around the waist and try to move her further into the car so her legs weren't sticking out of it and so her arms weren't hurt. I haven't had police training though so maybe I'd be thinking differently if I had. All I can go off is what seems to make sense in my head.
I don't agree with how the police handled the situation, but I brought up some things to add context. I think it's relevant that they say they didn't want her to get hypothermia because I think that might explain why they didn't stand there out in the cold for an hour waiting for her to calm down. Did they pepper spray her just for the hell of it? Maybe, and maybe not. It's always a good idea to take context into account though.
