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Originally Posted by willravel
The cop grabbed the kid across the neck because he was under the mistaken impression the kid was talking back. That's really inexcusable.
Had I been in that situation, I wouldn't have spoken to him with any reasonable level of respect after he physically and verbally attacked me for no reason. I probably would have spoken to his Lieutenant, too.
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The cop's actions were out of line. Like I said, I'm not defending that. At the same time, if the kid had simply responded 'yes sir' when the cop told him he couldn't skateboard there, the whole situation would've been avoided. That's what I was referring to above. He wanted to be tough and be a smartass to a cop, he was inviting trouble. The cop's reaction was way out of order, yes, but the kid did kind of provoke it.
Odds are, with the officer identifying himself on the video, disciplinary action is being taken or has been taken already.