burlyshirley - // I must be the only one on here who couldn't give a stuff how this thug died ! I watched the video and he was resisting the police all the time and when he was thrown to the floor they had tried calmly to get him into the car, to no avail. If I remember rightly he was drugged up as well which wouldn't have helped his death. I feel sorry for the charged officer whose life must be hell now and I sincerely hope he gets off. //
The fact remains that being a 'thug' does not mean you can die violently at the hands of the police and nothing being said or done about it.
If the police are not subject to the same laws regarding violent death as the rest of us, then what's the point of laws, or indeed police?
The law has to apply to everyone without fear or favour, and this officer is deemed to have potentially acted illegally and a result of that, a man has died.
That merits investigation, and has led to a trial, because in a civilsed society, resisting arrest should not lead to death.