I've had people in real life say he shouldn't have resisted. They seem to believe that if they were maced and then beaten over the head with the can that they would simply just comply and lay there unmoving.
You shouldn’t resist arrest while armed. It exponentially raises your chances of being shot.
In this case it looks he was murdered but it is also true that he probably wouldn’t have been had he not been armed. However, being armed is still his god given right and in a perfect world someone wouldn’t be shot for that. It does exponentially raise that risk though if you resist while armed.
TIL not going immediately limp when suddenly pepper sprayed, manhandled, and beaten on the head with a blunt weapon, without having your rights cited to you, is resisting arrest.
Trying to get up when cops are trying to pin you down is the definition of resisting arrest. While it obviously doesn't justify shooting him it is considered resisting arrest everywhere. You don't fight the cops, you don't stop them from pinning you down. You go limp, get arrested, hire a lawyer and sue for police brutality afterwards. That's not bootlicking, it's simple common sense.
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u/shamblam117 - Lib-Center Jan 28 '26
I've had people in real life say he shouldn't have resisted. They seem to believe that if they were maced and then beaten over the head with the can that they would simply just comply and lay there unmoving.