How Does Mr. Blake Deserve A Forceful Arrest?

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by using excess force despite him not offering any resistance. According to justice, anyone suspected of doing a criminal act should be handled as an innocent person before being proved guilty particularly when he or she collaborates with the police officers. In the first case, the Chief of Police and Mayor accepted that Mr. Blake did not deserve forceful arrest since he did not resist. What was running through his mind was that he was being knocked down by an old friend who identified him and due to happiness he hugged him, hence, falling down. The advice I should give to the Mayor and Chief of Police is that since Mr. Blake was innocent and he was a tennis star, failure of a good apology will be followed up by some officers like Frascatore losing their jobs. …show more content…

Blake and make him understand that the use of excessive force by one of their police officer was inappropriate. If the tennis star had some cuts and bruises as a result of being knocked down, they will be attended to immediately. His arrest was not as a result of a racial barrier, and it was just a mistaken identity of the real suspect. The apology that should follow is, “We recognize that as the police officer was in his line of duty, he did a mistake by which justice will apply. It is to our knowledge that you did not make any attempt of escaping and excess force was used towards your arrest. We regret such an encounter to have happened to an innocent and a high profiled person like you. On behalf of Officer Frascatore, we are sorry for such an act, which was not as a result of racial difference. The Officer responsible will be scrutinized and will face justice due to his

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