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We should always wait for the facts.
But while your post may be accurate and acceptable for what "used" to happen. Somewhere between your generation, and this generation, scuffles and fights turned in to stabbings and shootings. How many college athletes have been murdered in the past 10 years compared to the 50-60 before that? What used to end in someone getting a black eye and bloody lip, now more often ends with a group of people beating one defenseless person, or worse. Earlier I posted fights happen, and hopefully this isn't a big deal, the context was: I hope the other kid isn't hurt that bad and this was an isolated incident and he doesn't need to be kicked off the team/out of school. However, that doesn't mean the police did the wrong thing. They have to try and prevent violence, or at least keep it from escalating. We've had at least two deaths on campus in the past 10 years, nobody wants another one.
Good point, except that this event didn't involve a stabbing or a shooting. I agree that fighting is unacceptable now, just as it was when we were kids, but until we know what actually happened, it likely makes sense not to equate it with felony assault or murder.
1) 2nd degree assault IS "felony assault".
2) I didn't equate it to murder. I was simply defending the police action of making an arrest. Because fights have recently escalated into something worse, the police should take a zero tolerance policy when it comes to fights. That's not even close to equating his actions to murder.
The post I responded said it was "common sense" for the police to give someone a "harsh verbal warning" rather than making an arrest. Unless you're agreeing with that statement, you're missing my point because you don't understand the context.
My point is simple, it's absolutely prudent for the police to make an arrest (or 2, 3, ...) for fighting so they can help PREVENT those fights from escalating into something worse. That's not equating it to murder, there's no way you can reasonably interpret my post as equating his action to murder.