[ninty]

It doesn't matter if the guy deserved it or not. It's not the police's place to beat someone. They are there to apprehend the person using the simplest and non violent ways possible. Sometimes this is not the case, where violence etc. comes to the forefront, and that is acceptable, but it's not the cops job to deal out punishment.

It doesn't matter how it was in the olden days, or in other countries. Western countries pride themselvas on human rights. Kids used to get lashings in school, we don't do that anymore. Women wern't able to vote at a time. Just because it was done previously, doens't make it right.