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Originally Posted by willravel
I think you might be surprised how I feel about what a person should be allowed to do to defend themselves from the police. If I were attacked and tasered by the police (a la the video), I should have the right to defend myself by disabling them (read: not dead or permanently damaged, but incapacitated). Unfortunately, those right don't exist in our current body of laws, but all that tells me is that those laws need to be changed.
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alot of states have specific statutes declaring that deadly force in any situation is not a defense for using it against law enforcement....but quite a few still do. texas is one of them, though it is strictly limited and defined. what most states and courts fail to take in to account with LEO confrontations is that any human being has the natural right of self preservation.
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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Disorderly conduct is a crime, I could think of any number of bullshit to make the point the guy was out of line.
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lots of less than honorable cops use DC and disturbing the peace as 'catch alls' when they have no other concrete charge. This is why it is paramount that a person know ALL the laws, better than the cops do, if they plan to participate in aggressive protesting. I can tell you that if i'm not breaking any laws and you as a cop try to arrest me for DC, it's going to escalate rather rapidly and probably before you know it.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
Last edited by dksuddeth; 09-20-2007 at 06:35 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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