How many cops does it take to arrest one man who ISN'T resisting arrest?

[Yes We Did]

I was driving home and saw a police officer with a man face down on the ground handcuffed in front of a strip mall. The man wasn't resisting. He wasn't moving aside from obliging the officer to empty his pockets.

He was just laying there.

There was nobody else around expect a man in a white van watching.

No crowd.

Nobody injured.

And before I knew it... I saw flashing lights coming from both directions.

Within 1 minute there were 6... count them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Squad cars for one man who wasn't resisting in any way imaginable.

What the fuck is going on when it takes 6 squad cars, several with two officers to handle one man who isn't doing anything at that point, but lying face down on the ground.

And no... he wasn't African American. (I say that because that is what I would normally expect in this situation; that you would see, as I have in the past, 10 cops to arrest one African American.)

I guess I should just be satisfied that the officer didn't shoot the man in the back.

What is this world coming to?

[Lagomorph]

1. I read somewhere that the US has...

...criminalized more activities than any nation in history.

[Yes We Did]

4. Well of course.

You can get arrested for wearing the wrong T-shirt at a Republican event.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. He was probably a registered Democrat.

Duh.

:shrug:

[Rude Dog]

3. " What is this world coming to?"

A police state.

[jwirr]

5. My grandfather was a policeman. I think that in recent times Homeland

Security training is turning our police force from protectors of the community they live in to bullies driven by fear. I live in a small community and in the last month we have had two very obvious examples of this.

Our city councils should make sure they hire real protectors instead of what we are seeing lately.

[slampoet]

9. In Warwick, RI They have ACTIVELY recruited school bullies for 30 years.

[vadawg]

6. its called backup, the cop doing the arrest probuably called for assistance

you readily admit you didnt see what happened before the cop had him on the ground, or if there were weapons involved, you dont even knopw why the guy was detained, ill tell you this though id rather roll on backup for even the most bullshit traffic stop than have my badge shrouded.

[madeline_con]

7. Slow crime day?

Did the cops all pile on top of the guy once they arrived?

[surrealAmerican]

8. There may have been more going on than you could see.

other suspects to pursue, witnesses to interview, evidence to examine, etc.

[Kickin_Donkey]

10. How many times did they taser him?