the real criminals are Marshawn's parents for not teaching him to read and for not teaching him to follow rules and respect authority

Mars23 said:

you don't know what he was saying to the guard or the other teachers

- i've been in a similar situation and on camera looks way different from being there and seeing and hearing what's going on

Evvy said:

I know he wasn't drunk and running over my loved ones and I know he wasn't menacing a store security guard with a group.

it's fair to say that the gaurds reaction may have been excessive...but I think it's just as fair to say that it may have not been...we only have one side of this story from a news report that, atleast from my point of view, was more than a lil' biased...and the video only gives you a visual perspective of the situation and everybody knows that things aren't always what they appear to be...

I'm not defending or denouncing either party involved but I do know that there are situations that get out of hand really quickly...and most of the time when that occurs, people question why something wasn't done to prevent that from happening ...maybe the gaurds reaction did prevent something even more harmful or rash...maybe the gaurds reaction was the event that could have been prevented...I don't know...but it's really easy for all of us to draw conclusions when we only have pieces of the story

roodboi said:

I agree that news story was trash.

They clearly tried to make the kid out to be disabled when in fact it is much more likely he was there for behavior.

The video makes it pretty clear that he was acting like an asshole, but that cop grabs him and slams him into the wall while his hands were at his sides. It's not like he was posing a physical threat.

I'm not saying there should not have been any action taken. I just don't know that that amount of force was necessary.

GNS said:

[Snip - Mars23]

here is a question.....

right before the cop slammed him, did the kid not have his hands at his side?

it kinda looked like he had them up or inside his pocket or something

if that was the case, the cop can do whatever he wants to protect himself since the kid could have been reaching for a knife or a gun

7 teachers were assaulted at my school last year by students like this Marshawn character so in a school full of kids like that - i bet they have to hire cops that are a little mean and aggressive just to keep kids in check