You know, one thing that bugs me about the cops: They have all the time in the world. There are plenty of cops, no specific cop has anywhere to be. Nowhere in this is there any explanation of why they needed to escalate this so rapidly. What is this, a few minutes total?
They said "do this", the guy refused, they shrugged and said "guess it's a fight." They could have, you know, waited a bit. There's no rush. Per this report he wasn't hurting anyone or making a fuss until they tried to force him to move.
I think fare enforcement is immoral, but looking past that: I always put myself in the perspective of "if I was trying to support the police in good faith, to make this situation still result in an arrest, how would I play it?" and the answer is not yelling and yanking.
He had to get off sometime. They could have just left one cop there to wait until he got off, follow him off, and arrest him them. Maybe when he'd calmed down a bit. When the situation had, in some way, changed.
Instead this all sounds like they waited for the worst possible moment in the worst possible place to decide "no, you go now, not later, now." And I don't see why time was of the essence.
more than anything i just
don't see a reason the cops refuse to let anyone get away no matter how light the infraction. i don't see that society needs to work that way.
don't see a reason the cops refuse to let anyone get away no matter how light the infraction. i don't see that society needs to work that way.
it doesn't seem necessary to me to chase after people for literally any crime no matter how small
