re: Man beaten senseless after surrendering to white cops

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I just treat cops cordially and almost always am treated the same in return.

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Treating everyone cordially is definitely good advice and I agree that your chances of being killed/kicked in the nuts/etc. by the cops goes down when you're polite.

But running from the cops, while dumb as hell, should in no way result in a prolonged beating or bullets in your back. The police signed up for a government job and it's not too much to ask government employees to avoid senslesely beating people. Even when the cops get very very mad.

Sorry it's a shitty job, and I even agree that they probably deserve better pay, but when these incidents happen I can't stand when the first thing people say is "He was running..."

Then arrest him! It's the job. The rules don't stop applying when you're angry.