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Old February 22, 2009, 08:53 PM   #30
Al Norris
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No more comments about BART, in this thread. They are off topic.

As far as this particular incident goes, the police typed in a license plate number and got back the results. At that point, they had probable cause. Everything that followed appears to be within reason.

The time to argue, generally, is in court. Not at the point of arrest.

I'm not a betting man, but in this instance, if the arresting officers had had the time to confront the suspect about the stolen vehicle, I'd wager that things could have been cleared up, rather quick.

From what we (think we) know, things happened rather fast and the police had no time to tell the suspect why he was being arrested. The innocent suspect aggravated the situation and was shot. Luckily, it wasn't fatal and all he is being charged with is resisting arrest.

The general feeling of some of you, about how bad cops are, is not just misplaced. It's unwarranted. Any other conclusions, are nothing more than you folks reading into the incident, things that are not in evidence.
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