Sista P: Mi haffi disagree with you totally about the Nathaniel Jones situation. First thing you keep mentioning his weight as if that were a weapon he was using against the cops and they were in danger of him "sitting" on them. Now, really, what kind of incompetent untrained fools would they be if they did not use evasive technique to prevent that from happening? Besides, that is just a stereotype being used against the poor man because of his weight. The article below will indicate exactly what the screwup was. An officer trained in the handling of disturbed persons should have been on the scene (remember, it was a medical call initially) but he was out on traffic patrol. I have no doubt that were this not a black man, just like Amadou Diallo and so many others, it would have been handled appropriately.

{{After Jones began yelling at the crew and marching around the parking lot, firefighters called for the police department's mental health response team to assist. Because the police officer on duty trained to deal with people who may be mentally impaired was, instead, responding to a routine traffic accident call, other officers went to the scene.}}

www.cincypost.com/2003/12...20603.html