Cops Under Fire Over Teen's Jaywalking Arrest

[Lawlight]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Lawlight said:
We cannot comment on whether excessive force was used as the video does not capture the whole incident.

Fair enough.

excessive force is defined as: An unreasonable seizure occurs when a law enforcement officer usesexcessive force in making a lawful arrest. Whether force is reasonably necessary or excessive is measured by the force a reasonable and prudent law enforcement officer would use under the circumstances. - http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e055.htm

I'm not a lawyer, nor do I want to be, but I would argue pinning him down and calling more officers against a 14 year old, which we do see in the video, would constitute excessive force, but that assumes the arrest was lawful itself, and its up to a judge.

16-year old. Well, you can't argue that when we having seen what transpired before.