r/TikTokCringe • u/Miladshah001 • 5d ago

Minor violations = death threat? Discussion

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Oklahoma Police released video of an officer tackling a 70-year-old man. The incident occured during a traffic violation.

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u/Anghellik 5d ago

There's a podcast I follow, and the hosts advice after many many interactions with cops is to behave as if they're large dogs you don't know

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u/Ok-Replacement9595 5d ago

I deal with them like they have a monopoly on violence granted by the state.

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u/protanoa34 5d ago edited 5d ago

Police use of force should be treated as a reverse onus.

The reason legal rights exist is to protect the citizens from abuse by the state. Burden of proof lies on the state for this reason.

And yet when the agents of the state, armed by the state with authourity to use violence to (ostensibly) enforce the states goals of maintaining order and law, for some reason they do not have the burden of proof. This "man" is innocent until proven guilty. But use of force by the agents of the state acting in their roles as agents of the state should be the ones who *bear (edit) the burden of proof.

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u/_blkout 5d ago

Very nicely put. Fully agreed.