This video, like most videos like it, has much more of a story then it seems.
News Clip Here From CTV News - http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=797877
No matter what your age being pulled over for a crime and then refusing to give your name is wrong and illegal, not to mention the kid was screaming swears and calling him names while the cop had to chase him down.
A police officer deserves more respect then that. If force was used it was because it was deserved. Also the force looks much worse then it is. The kid was freaking out and using all his strength to evade the cop, which in turn made the cop have to use more of his strength to hold him. Have you ever tried to restrain someone? They are taught to hold the shoulders down and restrain the arms, otherwise the kid could grab his gun. There is so much to the situation that is not in a news article.
Everyone says he handled the situation wrong. How would the right way have been? Should he have just let the kid get away with not following the law then refusing to give his name, just let him run away with his friends while he is swearing at the cops...what do you think those kids will do next time they run into an illegal situation. I keep hearing " he should of just let him go when the woman said ". Who is the police officer here? If he had just let him go when the woman said too, the kid would have just run away, nothing gained, nothing learned, when I was his age and also a little shit, I would have run away.
This, so important fact that this kid is 14 doesn't seem to matter when it comes to life lessons but it does when I cop finally teaches the kid to respect and listen to a police officer.
Another comment I keep hearing is that this kid and others will be scared to phone the police now because of the cops actions. They will not call because they are bad kids and do not want to get in legal trouble. Many of us know what it was like being the bad kid. Bad kids do not phone police for anything, but because of this video and the "stories" other people might be scared to call them now and for no good reason, other then they are not getting the whole story, just a viral 3 minute video. So in other words in this fear-fire, it is not the lighters fault, it is the people fueling the fire. When you teach a kid to respect someone they will not fear them. I was just like that kid, thought I could get away with everything. Until I didn't get away with everything. Then I changed and decided that the law deserved respect and now If I needed to, I would call that police officer in a second. He looks like someone who gets the job done and is finally teaching the kids in that town that they cannot just run around disrespecting everyone.
If people truly believe they want Cumberland to be cleaned up, then they should stop assuming that police are always in the wrong just because they seen 3 minutes of a situation and have no actual facts on what happened. Also people like that woman need to back off and let the police do their jobs. It is sad that so much damage is caused to the police reputation just from some shitty Cumberland people taking videos. This is why I moved out of that town. Its gone so bad.
