Al?? Eric?? Barack??

[muttly]

. [When I worked on the Trauma Unit at a Level 1 inner city hospital, intoxicated patients were frequent - I know how it can be. Oddly enough, not one of them ever sustained further injury at our hands, though]

I'm sure you had a few dicey situations, but you did received them already searched for weapons, some brought in already cuffed, and you did have sedatives easily at your disposal. Lol.

 

[muttly]

The racial aspect was injected after the initial outcry, doubtless because of the many other incidents lately in the news - but it doesn't seem legit here. This is plain old LEO overkill, testosterone out of control, bad policing.

The racial aspect was injected immediately by the person being arrested, Johnson. He is on the tape calling them racists.
The following UVA protests also infused the racism claim with signs and chants such as: 'We have nothing to lose but our chains' 'Black lives matter' 'Hands up don't shoot' 'Racist cops have to go'
Doubtless because of the other incidents in the news you say?
Every incident should be treated separately, and judged by the evidence and facts presented in each case, instead of immediately claiming racism when no apparent evidence of such has been established. Some have said doing the latter is being racist. If you believed that, wouldn't it apply to the protesters and person arrested? At the very least it is being irresponsible without evidence to back it up.

 

[cheri1122]

As I said: this particular incident didn't appear to be racially motivated. If the students & other protesters feel it was, there will be facts and figures to back them up. The relevance of the other incidents in the spotlight lately is that it may give people hope that their complaints of racism will be taken more seriously than before, when such complaints were so often dismissed that people just gave up making them.
About the sedatives: illegal. Patients may not be restrained via chemicals. Nurses must use physical restraints to prevent patients from hurting themselves and/or others, but only as long as such threat remains imminent.
Of course, sedatives are justified if the potential for withdrawal symptoms is a factor - even if the patient/family/friends denied it was a concern. Because sometimes, they lie.