.....the article said he died of a fractured larynx.
That said, to me there too often is a dis-connect in some cops brains. If this kid had a 40 IQ, that surely was immediately recognizable by the cops. Accordingly, in my opinion, they should have backed off. Instead they employed force and now someone is dead. Clearly this brings “training” into question. The New York cops killed the big black guy (training ?) and now this kid. When are police departments going to “get” that a Police Force does not have to ALWAYS employ FORCE first and hire lawyers later. As the judge said, “this kid (mentally)died over the cost of a fn movie ticket”.
I’m not so sure the theater has clean hands either. Pretty stupid, in my opinion, to orchestrate events to where a downs kid got killed over a ten buck movie ticket. What about their training? What was their manager thinking?
“I’m not so sure the theater has clean hands either. Pretty stupid, in my opinion, to orchestrate events to where a downs kid got killed over a ten buck movie ticket. What about their training? What was their manager thinking?”
I’ll tell you what the manager was most likely thinking, and please FReepers with a loved one with Trisomy 21 try not to be offended, but we all know it’s true. The manager was thinking “get this retard out of here before he scares off other paying customers and I get complaints” he was probably thinking “this is stupid and embarrassing, and this retard does not belong here”.
Now mind you I have no proof that this is what the manager was thinking, I can’t read another person’s thoughts all the time but from the way Ethan was treated I’d venture to say, that’s close to it.
“When are police departments going to “get” that a Police Force does not have to ALWAYS employ FORCE first and hire lawyers later.”
Cops (law enFORCEment) are all about enFORC(E)ing the law. I think it was Lysander Spooner who said that law is force. This includes up and to death. This means that whatever law you create you have to ask whether it is worth taking a human life over.
They were just doing their job from their perspective.
“Law, without force, is impotent.”
-Blaise Pascal
Clearly this brings “training” into question.
I think recruiting may be the problem.
” When are police
departments going to “get” that a Police
Force does not have to ALWAYS employ
FORCE first and hire lawyers later.”
http://www.theagitator.com/2012/07/05/two-videos-two-cities-two-attitudes/
Part of the answer right there. The other part is how sheltered cops are from mistakes, especially criminally. Cops don’t fear screwing up, but enjoy power. That is a great combination.