Quote (thesnipa @ May 26 2020 12:46pm)
from a legal standpoint nothing short of drawing a deadly weapon or reaching for a deadly weapon.
cops hold people down like that, that are physically resisting, because they're lazy, or to intimidate the person into holding dead still even though it's not required.
the only reason to do this, that is completely stop any movement by a perp, is if a deadly weapon is in play. otherwise, its just thugery from shitty cops. if you lay down completely peacefully, but then a cop climbs on your back and pinches your legs down if you squirm involuntarily it's "resisting arrest". much like disorderly conduct it's a poorly defined band aid for justifying damage to people being arrested or to run up charges.
Depends on how hard he was struggling.
Some motherfuckers take like three guys to get them pinned down.
Looks like the police dun fucked up here. Should have tazed or something.