Look it isn't so much about if they deserved arrest but that it isn't unreasonable for the officers to feel that the behavior crossed the line and warranted arrest. This certainly doesn't look like some vendetta or something by the cops, tho I really doubt they are giving much leeway to the OCTC Pres and crew, but just different ideas on what they believe the law means. If the DA feels the charges are appropriate then the case will go forward and a jury will decide. Maybe they will decide that the Watkins are not guilty but that wouldn't make this a bad arrest.ShootDontTalk wrote:I agree about the bad tactics. No question. My comment is that the assumption here is that they did something that deserved arrest. Would it be logical then to assume that no PD has ever made a bad arrest? Ever? That conclusion could be disproven if more video of the incident is released. Or is that simply not possible?
Remember the fellow in the wheelchair who was declared worthy of being shot to death for charging a DPD officer? Seems a lot of people ended up with egg on their faces and one or two ended up in prison when all the facts (and video) came out. Not suggesting that happened here, but then I haven't seen all of the video yet. So I will wait to assume that what they did caused the arrest.
In addition to their guilt, regardless of how their court case falls out, certain behavior can be held wrong regardless of the legality of the actions. If it was just posted that there was an incident without arrest you would find much the same comments regardless of any legal action.
And I think at best you had people say wait and see on the wheelchair guy not that he deserved to be shot so you are way off on the comparison not to mention it seems distasteful to somehow equate Cory Watkins and his situation to an event where someone was killed. Talk about bad tactics