yeah, slamming a 78 year onto the ground is always necessary for a young, healthy cop.
Proud of yourself officer?
The officer simply won't understand such a question. They're neither trained nor bred to "understand" -- just follow. If anyone at the scene of slamming a 78-year-old man to the ground were to ask such a question, the "officer" would simply call for backup and "escalate" the "situation" -- a "situation" that wasn't his to begin with. And lose no sleep over the human cost or aftermath.
That's just the way cops are these days. There aren't many kindly sheriffs that serve the community and help their neighbors like Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show any more.
These days, cops view all members of the community as potential criminals. They will issue a citation or rough you up and arrest you at a moment's notice. For ANYTHING. Or nothing. It's their "discretion."
I think the fact that police face stinging criticism on a conservative forum like Free Republic is a testament of the state of American police these days.
Just from my personal experience of course.
Let the scumbag in charge of that POS department know how you feel about this outrage:
http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/Police/ContactUs.htm
PS.... The Greensboro PD is under a criminal investigation for mishanding of evidence on 4 separate cases:
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/NRSTAFF/781742734
I hope that Federal Authorities get involved, and the Greensboro PD get their @sses handed to them.
Think that POS outfit is even accredited?
Greensboro makes Berkeley look normal. Sky high crime rate and extreme left wing city guv. A police dept that would make the any dictator proud.