There is a very simple solution to avoid being hurt or killed by the police.
All you have to do is comply with the officer. If you feel you have been wrongly stopped, charged, etc. wait until you have your day in court. It's that simple.
Take a second to put yourself in the officer's shoes when confronting a belligerent, combative person.
What would you do?
It seems that what has been happening lately in the news with many people being arrested, each one resisted the officer and caused the harm to themselves due to their actions.
Always comply with the officer for the desired outcome.
Jim Rosenbloom
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Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her bed as she slept. What exactly was she doing to resist arrest?
I'm not sure what sort of fairy tale world you think you live in where low income, Blacks, and people of color get a fair day in court, but it isn't America.
Faced with image after image of police abusing their power and a justice system designed to make them disappear, it shouldn't be surprising that even an innocent person being arrested might make a bad, desperate choice. It's not as "simple" as you make it out to be.
It's not for police to decide, criminal or not, whether a person suffers or dies. If they think it is, they need to find another job.
Ray Ingraham
Chattanooga