[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Swan

He was cuffed with his hands at the front of his body, he could have still got to a pocket. Obviously he wasn't as much of a threat, but the threat was still somewhat there as he was clearly resisting.

Officers are trained to restrain people without dealing damage or trauma to the neck or head. When they use the batons, for example, they cannot strike you above a certain point, blows are aimed at limbs mostly.

At the end of the day, the man was cuffed and on the floor and there were more than one officer present. Going on about what could have happened is pointless when it didn't happen, especially when that kind of argument is used to explain away something that DID happen.