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Originally Posted by ankit
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This is the kind of shit that just perpetuates the problem throughout generations. It instills a completely unfounded fear and hatred of police in people that probably have no reason otherwise to harbor those feelings. Instead it just increases tension and raises the chances of another incident occurring in the future. I can't count the number of videos\stories where simply complying or taking a half a second to think before taking action would have probably completely diffused the situation. Instead, we better be "hard" and stick it to the man.
Even if he was afraid of getting car-jacked and didn't hear the officers identify themselves, GIVE UP THE DAMN CAR. Is it worth your life in either scenario?