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No you are the one who as the wrong attitude. It is the civilians job to fight the unjust system, or else the system will eat them alive. Cops use judgment calls all the time, just ask Amadou Diallo. I sure as hell do not trust the judgment of police officers all the time.
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<p>Exactly. I don’t trust the judgment of police officers at all, in matters of justice. That is why the process of deciding whether laws are just or unjust must not be left to them.</p>
<p>When a police officer arrests you for a law you think is unjust, your fight is not with them, it is with the law. By resisting arrest, you are effectively killing the messenger. It’s unfair to the police, it promotes a society in which people who shouldn’t be making legal decisions are, and it promotes lawlessness. Yes, maybe the law you’re resisting arrest for really is unjust, but what about the guy who doesn’t think he should be arrested for robbery; for indecent exposure to a minor in public, and so forth? The reason resisting arrest is illegal is because the slope to total lawlessness is very, very slippery. That is why this girl deserved to be subdued, that is why the kid at UF deserved to get tasered, and that is why both things will continue to happen until people understand that if they think the law is unjust, resisting arrest is not a way to get it changed.</p>
<p>cgmom: Are you on something? Your posts are almost totally incoherent. Even after discerning what you’re trying to say, though, you still haven’t really put forth any useful arguments. “White cop, black girl, therefore it must be racist” and “Pepper spray can cause permanent damage” are absurd, and inane, respectively. As for him being able to subdue her, yeah, I’m sure he could - but would you rather see her have a broken bone or sprained joint, or some pepper spray to the eye? That is quite possibly the choice.</p>