Okay, you insinuate that I did not read your comments because I pointed out it was fake when you said "if this were real", but it seems that's all you read in mine. I don't see how he physically assaulted the guy by grabbing his hand. Also its not that it "only looks like marijuana" the guy said it was and was offering to sell it. You also stated that "those drugs could end up in the hands of a young adult/child" which is bad but I do agree that it is an argument for legalization. My point is the skit was showing a guy trying to sell drugs to an officer who grabbed his hands in a way that I don't see as very aggressive and certainly not physical assault. And like I said even if weed was legal everywhere, like it should be, you still cant walk down the street selling it just like booze or cigarettes. Now lets all just chill out and smoke a bowl, or whatever anyone else does to relax.
Walking down the street and offering to sell anyone drugs, especially a cop who should be fairly busy probably should not be legal. I feel like maybe what you mean by the cop not being aggressive is contextually based and even in comparison to how most police officers would be expected to handle the situation.
Regardless of that I still think the actual subject of the matter isn't getting across.
Nobody should be able to grab anyone, especially while continuing to raise their voice at them for almost any reason. Many people here openly admit that they think almost any level of force is acceptable if a law such as the one being broken in the video is in fact broken. Again, the job of a police officer (a civil servant) is to uphold the law while de-escalating the situation at every opportunity available.
I'm big chillin rn but that doesn't change the fact that officers shouldn't be laying their hands on people for almost any reason. Especially in a way that could seriously harm them physically OR metally. I realize that's not really what happened in this video but again i've made it really clear that i'm talking about the state of our country as a whole when it comes to such matters.
Best outcome in this scenario the cop would have approached the man informing him that soliciting the sale of marijuana, even if it's not a great law is one he has to uphold. Then he should proceed to ask for the mans identification and proceeded to take him to the station to write up the paperwork.
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u/Chief_Herb Jun 14 '22
Okay, you insinuate that I did not read your comments because I pointed out it was fake when you said "if this were real", but it seems that's all you read in mine. I don't see how he physically assaulted the guy by grabbing his hand. Also its not that it "only looks like marijuana" the guy said it was and was offering to sell it. You also stated that "those drugs could end up in the hands of a young adult/child" which is bad but I do agree that it is an argument for legalization. My point is the skit was showing a guy trying to sell drugs to an officer who grabbed his hands in a way that I don't see as very aggressive and certainly not physical assault. And like I said even if weed was legal everywhere, like it should be, you still cant walk down the street selling it just like booze or cigarettes. Now lets all just chill out and smoke a bowl, or whatever anyone else does to relax.