1) He only resisted after they started punching him in the back of the head. Its right in the video, moron.

2) Why shouldn't someone bring up his race? Is it shameful to describe someone who is black as black?

3) Tasers kill.

4) I have never had a positive interaction with the cops. They at their VERY BEST cannot help you. Normally, however, they are just antagonistic assholes who walk around taking people's stuff without anyone's ability to stop them from taking it, because they are protected by law. Open your eyes: wherever we have your definition of law and its enforcement, the strongest exploit the weak. So why do we uphold these laws, when they justify the very system of exploitation we were trying to avoid when we came up with them in the first place?

5) DC Indymedia needs a ranking system like slashdot to bury some of these troll comments, which help no one. I like the new ranking system for the articles, can we extend it to the comments as well?

comment 1~true to an extent. he was resisting but not in a violent way. it was passive, similar to what you activists do. dont call names, it diminishes the quality of your comment and makes you look very ignorant.

comment 2~since his race was mentioned, then the officers' races should be mentioned, as well as the producer who was grabbed. give the full story and not half truths, which seems to be the norm for dcimc.

comment 3~tasers do not kill. and to stifle your witty comeback before you give it, many things, which done in excessive amounts or to the extreme may cause physical harm, injury, or even death, especially when done incorrectly.

comment 4~you must either be a criminal or doing something which makes police look at you and question what you're doing, or maybe you're just antagonistic also. obviously, you're an anarchist, overthrow the government and live lawlessly. just remember, you will have to use violence, which means you will step outside the boundaries of the law and consequences may come swiftly and be severe.

comment 5~anti-left comments are to be censored, but yours shouldn't? your progressive view of free speech is very interesting, and humorous, to say the least.

federale