[aigel]

The story doesn't bode well for the cops, that's for sure. A man missing an arm and a leg subduing an able bodied cop with a pen? That itself is laughable - the cop can't be fit for the job. Was he one of those 350 pounds tubs of lard? Do they ever do minimum fitness tests and take guys off the force for being unable to serve?

How about using a taser instead of a head shot? A good head lock on the guy by cop two probably would have made him let go as well.

What always worries me are the "internal investigations". I don't think we have an independent system to shed light on police brutality and police crime. The only thing that saves us these days are videos.

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