ok, there are some pretty rediculous comments going on here....obviously a few ignorant people tooting their horns. First of all, I smoked marijuana on a daily basis all through highschool, as well as skipping class all the time, and I am now a straight A college student soon to be at Stanford Law School. Smoking Marijuana has absolutely nothing to do with a person's level of intelligence, and comments alluding to this are simply based on institutionalized ignorance and false information fostered by our society. Second, this behavior is not LEGAL by our due process in this country. A person cannot be arrested without being charged with something, and as the video indicates, he was only charged with resisting arrest, without being first charged with another crime that would make him a cantidate for arrest in the first place, therefore invalidating the entire situation. Third, in the case that he was being arrested for something, it would have been quite easy for these two gigantic cops to simply take the kid down to the grass, put a knee on him, and place him in cuffs. But they did not. The brutality is defined here by the fact that these cops could have subdued this kid in a completely harmless way, like most other respectable police do, but they went above and beyond in a physically harmful and potentially deadly manner without ANY necessity whatsoever. This is especially true considering that all cops nowadays carry tasers, which will harmlessly subdue ANY suspect. If I had the chance I would be ecstatic to help this family sue these two cops for unneccesary and intentional infliction of pain and suffering. In conclusion, if you think that talking back to a cop, or skipping school, or even smoking weed makes a person deserving of a beatdown instead of simply being arrested, you are a complete and total idiot, and perhaps you would find more people who align with your political philosophy in, perhaps, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, etc. where these practices are normal.

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(May 19) - The mother of a 14-year-old boy said her son was beaten so badly by police officers earlier this month that she didn't recognize him when she went to find him at the hospital.
Karen Casey told CNN's Headline News that her son, Trevor, and his friends were sitting on the steps of a home in Toledo, Ohio, when police told them to move. Trevor, according to Casey, was slow to get up and police grabbed him and slammed his face on a squad car.
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Trevor said the hood of the vehicle was too hot and he tried to get up, at which point police choked him, his mother told CNN.
Police said the boy refused orders to leave a home where he was loitering and resisted arrest repeatedly.
The incident was caught on video and it shows Trevor restrained in a chokehold by a police officer. His face is bloody and he appears to be unconscious before he falls to the ground.
"He thought he was going to die," Casey said. "He felt like they were crushing the lights out of him."
A statement from a police report said Trevor refused to put his hands behind his back when told to do so by the arresting officers. Police said he told them he had been smoking marijuana before the confrontation began.
"His mother came in ... and filed a formal complaint with internal affairs, and the matter will be thoroughly investigated," Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarro said in a statement.
Casey told CNN her son is now doing fine and did not suffer any lasting injuries.

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