Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the cop is doing something wrong, I would hope people would step in and > do what is right. If the cops can't do what is right, then it is up to the > people to step in. Putting your hand on someone is not a physical assault.
We have laws for a reason: to avoid a situation where everyone does whatever they think is "right". To avoid that we create legislation and then we ask police to enforce it. That legislation says you can't prevent cops from enforcing that legislation. In this case, a women was breaking a law: she was a public nuisance. An officer rightly went in to arrest her. Then another women tried to physically prevent that arrest. This is illegal and therefore the new agitator is subject to arrest. Physically assaulting an officer is illegal and resisting arrest is illegal. And, yes, physically touching anyone who doesn't want you to *is* assault. If any citizen is stupid enough to physically assault an officer, especially to interfere when they're dealing with someone else, then they are taking a big risk, because the law grants the officer the right to use all means necessary to restrain and arrest. Could the cop have done things in a more optimized way? Sure, but it could've been worse too. He could've tased her or used a baton and/or broken bones or cause permanent injury. All of which would've been perfectly legal. So let's stop whining about the cop, and ask if the lady could've done something different. YES! She could've not assaulted the co ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
