Debtor Prison? Give us a f’ing break. Failure to pay “Court Ordered” child support means the perp is in contempt of court and he is in-effect stealing State money that you and me have to instead pay to raise his damn kids.
The law and all that is moral says you are obligated to support your children. Unless you also fall into that “non-support” class, why would any honorable citizen be against even forcing a person to support his children? Is that some part of the libertarian mantra?
Regardless of why the perp ran away. Its already established he gave the cop a false ID, had no proof of ownership of a Mercedez Benz, fought the cop mid way between the car and the shooting and in all likelihood had gotten the cop’s taser and shot the cop with it.
Once those things have occurred, the police are then charged with STOPPING the perp by any and all force necessary, which is exactly what the cop did.
The guy lost his job after being arrested for not paying child support. Who pays then? You garnish their wages. You don’t throw them in jail so that they lose their wages. It’s stupid to arrest people for not paying child support. It helps no one.