ken6199 wrote:One time I was in Florida arguing with my wife (then girlfriend) agitatedly on the street. At one point I was holding my wife's arm (not pulling or grabbing aggressively just trying to hold) as she was turning away from me. I wanted her to turn back so at the right moment I was getting ready to say sorry. I guess some bystander called the police, 3 policemen came over and one of them shoved me to the ground almost UFC style. My first reaction at that time wasn't "dude why are you using excessive force I know my right blah blah blah", I just told them "it's my bad, and I am calm". My wife then explained to them it was nothing serious and thanked them for coming. The police asked me to call a cab to send my wife back to the hotel and I drive back separately, which we both complied. No paperwork, no handcuffs, no nothing. The incident got diffused in 20 minutes. It's also my first and only one taste so far with the police to know not to mess with them.
In Jaxon Haye's case, even if his arm got broken and he was out for a couple of months, I think he is still the one to blame. No one asked him to get physical with the police, in any circumstances. To whoever saying the police did it out of ego, well maybe that's true and maybe not, maybe they are power tripping, idk - but remember they were dealing a with 6'11 220lb athlete. When a beast seems out of control, as police you do whatever to get it back under control because this is their first priority in that particular moment.
Best thing to do in such situation is:
1) stay calm
2) don't resist
3) worst case scenario if you got a bad cop who is power tripping, sorry it's just **** luck, and everyone gets **** luck once a while; still you do the same thing, stay calm and don't resist because whatever you do the matter is only getting worse. Record if possible, and sue them later.
100x yes. Even if the police are in the wrong or mishandle the situation, stay calm and follow their instructions. These are trained individuals with guns, batons, and tasers who can and will find any reason to pin you with a charge. Stay calm and then lawyer up if you are wronged. This is even moreso important for a guy as big as Hayes.
Look at the difference between how this played out vs Thabo Sefolosha; charged with a bunch of bs that was all dropped and subsequently won a $4 million dollar lawsuit against NYPD.