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[QUOTE="Cuse_MN, post: 436559, member: 1559"]
Totally agree cops have the right to do whatever they deem necessary to protect themselves, but you have to agree the use of excessive force can actually agitate certain situations rather than calm them down.  A suspect could simply have a natural human reaction to being physically manhdandled by a cop which could then be construed as resisting arrest, etc.

One of my best friends is a cop.  The stories i've heard from him make it clear the 'cops are always right' mentality is silliness.  Further most cops become cops b/c it can be a job that pays well, not b/c they are altruistic patriots who want to protect citizens because doing so makes them feel good.  They are usually in it for the money.  Don't believe so, read about all the municipalities that are failing under the weight of police and firefighter pensions, some of which have had to massively cut services to resident b/c the unions refused to renegotiate  ... this isn't just true of police, but many public sector employees receive benefits far in excess of private sector employees...yet when municipalities run out of dough, they have no choice but to raise property taxes to pay these benefits or default.  So while private sector employees get less and less each year, they take another hit by public sector employees forcing higher taxes on them in order to pay for benefits that were set in a different time and different US economy.  Their refusal to renegotiate contracts shows their is more greed than altruism involved.

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