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OK;
from an outside perspective;
The kid was wrong, the cops were wrong.
it all comes down to who's more wrong, and in this case it is the cops.
I have worked security, i have had to cuff individuals before, several of which were resisting quite heavily and in the same manner. (always nice when on the fourth day on the job a cop thows you cuffs and a suspect and tells you to cuff em.)
the fact of the matter is that force used far outweighed the force needed.
The United States is getting a horrible reputation globally for this type of behavior; i am minded of a canadian citizen who was arrested in late 2003 on suspicion of terrorist activities (while crossing the boarder), shipped to guantanamo, and was held for over two years, only to be released early in 2006 after he was released without trial.
Currently, your government is holding a canadian citizen in a federal penitentiary in New York State for trading with Cuba. A CANADIAN CITIZEN who did business in cuba, went to the states on vacation and found himself arrested and has been in jail for ~7 years now.
further to that, my girlfriend's step father, who works as a trucker, has all of his passports and documentation was pulled over and brought to a state trooper office, where he was strip searched and questioned, all without charge.
sorry, i just don't trust what the US media and cops tell me any more.
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