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Originally Posted by Shane-O  Are you really sure that 5 cops is all it takes? When someone doesnt want to be cuffed it is extremely hard to do, no matter their build. What would you suggest to do after someone refuses to go along with polite requests? |
The kid can be heard to say "I'll walk out of here". They never made a polite request, the cops simply grabbed him by the arms without saying why they were doing so and slapped the cuffs on him even after he said he would leave if that had been what they wanted him to do. The cops really had no reason to physically restrain him because he wasn't doing anything threatening that would require restrainment.
Also, the kid WAS resisting arrest but there was really no reason he was arrested. The only thing that he did was go over his time limit which should really only be a warning or a request to leave the debate area. Two police officers taking a kid by the arm to escort him out is way too much force for simply going over his time limit. Actually the cops were breaking the law by arresting this kid without telling him what he was being arrested for. You cannot simply arrest someone first and then make up some BS charge like 'resisting arrest' when you had no reason to arrest in the first place.