The International Association of Chiefs of Police has described use of force as the "amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject"
Officers receive guidance from their individual agencies, but no universal set of rules governs when officers should use force and how much.
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/...lice-use-force
It stands to reason that armchair quarterbacks will know better from scant video clips but that is to be expected and
ignored by the
Great American voting public