we gotta chill w/the hyperbole when we rightly complain about policing. b/c they don't shoot ALL of us in situations where they wouldn't shoot a non-black. this is a situation wherein some ppl would have us believe the police always shoot us dead. it didn't happen here as it hasn't happened in most similar cases.
and i agree - bad cops and bad policing are dangerous and must be addressed and corrected. post haste.
8. "so it's even more surprising this brother lived." In response to Reply # 6
those cops did their job well at least as far as this arrest went. well, i dunno that they didn't rough him up (i assume they did) but they did well not shooting him dead given everything i know about the situation so far.