is being tackled, punched in the face and kicked in the stomach by LAPD considered a "beating"?

Question

I'm just wondering, if it is.. it just pisses me off everytime I think about it... happenned about 2 years ago, and
I still get pissed off everytime I think about it...
it was for no reason too, they "thought" that I was gonna do something bad, so they tackled me to the ground and then punched me and kicked me ..i am not sure if they can do that legally or not, i mean they can probably tackle you if you try to run away or something (which I didnt), but is it ok for them to do the punching/kicking also? just wondering..

Answer 1

You are hiding something. No help for you here

Answer 2

I guess if you want to consider it a beating.

Keep in mind that the police may use whatever force necessary to effect a lawful arrest.

You question and comments are a bit one-sided. Tell us the rest of the story so that we can give a fair response.

I can say that I've used all those techniques to effect an arrest.

Answer 3

No it's not right. But having a friend who is LA PD you need to see both sides. My friend answered a call of some dude raising hell on a street corner. He approached the guy and he completely calmed down. He had ID and so he ran it, the guy had warrents out. So my friend placed him under arrest. The guy was totally cooperating and was friendly. He handcuffed the guy behind the back and sat him down on the curb to wait for another officer to take him to jail. That guy arrived, my friend went over to help the guy up and when he bent over this guy leaped up and Kicked my friend right in the face!! Kicked him so hard that it knocked him out COLD! and this guy was cooperating!!! So when someone gives the cops some resistance How do you think they should respond? You probably deserved to get your *** kicked

Answer 4

Depends on the situation. The courts would look at the officer(s) action based on a totality of the circumstances. The courts would consider what a reasonable officer would do in the same situation.

You do not say why they did this just that they thought you were going to do something "bad." If they perceived you as a threat then they can react. It would just depend on the circumstances if their reaction was within reason.

Answer 5

"I still get pissed off everytime I think about it..."

Your statement alone makes one think you were mad at the time of the arrest as well.

Based upon your own statements, I'd suggest you seek some anger management classes and quit being confrontational.

I'm sure the officers would tell a somewhat different story about how you were acting when they attempted to arrest you!

Best wishes.

Answer 6

They can use force to gain control. Once they have gained control, all use of force is to stop. It is at the officer's discretion how much force to use, and when control has been gained.
Most cops do not wish to be fired, reprimanded, sued, or arrested, so most cops only use the amount of force they feel is necessary, and most cops can justify the amount of force they used when called on to do so.
If they kept beating you, it is because they felt that such force was necessary.

Answer 7

I think there is more to the story. I would infer at this point from your comment, there was good deal of attitude involved. I sure they did not tackle you just for the mer pleasure of something to do.
You had to have provoked this in some way.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Why do people always come on here asking about this stuff? If you would just stop running and struggling you wouldn't get beat up. What were you hiding from them?

I think if you run from a cop they should be able to shoot you in the leg.

Answer 10

You are not being truthful about this. If such a thing happened to you, you must have done something to bring it on or cause the situation to escalate. Also, you must have been charged with something. Try telling the *whole* story if you want us to listen to you.

Answer 11

You were doing something wrong.
Subject: Police Harassment
Sent by a friend...
Recently, a California website ran an e-mail forum (a question
and answer exchange) where the topic was "Policing the Community.
"One of the civilian email participants posed the following question:
*"I would like to know how it is possible for police officers
to continually harass people and get away with it?"*
From the "other side" (the law enforcement side) a cool cop
with a sense of humor replied:
It is not easy. In California we average one cop for every
2,000 people.
About 60% of those cops are on patrol, where we do most of the
harassing.
One-fifth of that 60% are on duty at any given moment and are
available for harassing people. So, one cop is responsible for harassing
about 10,000 residents. When you toss in the commercial, business and
tourist locations that attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a
situation where a single cop is responsible for harassing 20,000 or more
people each day.
A ten-hour shift runs 36,000 seconds. This gives a cop one second to harass a person, and three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND then find a new person to harass.
This is not an easy task. Most cops are not up to it, day in and day out. It us just too tiring. What we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those people which we harass. They are as follows:
PHONE:
People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment. "My neighbor is beating his wife" is a code phrase we use. Then we come out and give special harassment
Another popular one on a weeknight is, "The kids next door are having a loud party."
CARS:
We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive.
They like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars blasting music, cars with expired registration stickers and the like. It is lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light.
Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, are driving drunk, or they have an outstanding warrant.
RUNNERS:
Some people take off running just at the sight of a police officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying as running after them like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you can harass them for hours.
CODES:
When you can think of nothing else to do, there are books that give ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called "Codes" Penal, Vehicle, Health and Safety, Business and Professional Codes, to name a few. They spell out all sorts of things for which you can really mess with people.
After you read the code, you can just drive around for a while until you find someone violating one of these listed offenses and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy smash a car window. Well, the code says that is not allowed.
That meant I got permission to harass this guy. It is a pretty cool system that we have set up, and it works pretty well.
We seem to have a never-ending supply of folks to harass.
And we get away with it. Why? Because the good citizens who pay the tab actually like the fact that we keep the streets safe for them. Next time you are in my town, give me a single finger wave. That will be a signal that you wish for me to take a little closer look at you, and then maybe I'll find a reason to harass YOU.
Looking forward to meeting you!