Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for allowing me to ask a question.
Thank you for coming today.
There was an inference from your comments with regard to excessive force by the police. From my 20 years of experience as a police officer, I can tell you that it's normally not what occurs, but it does happen from time to time. But here's what I'm getting at. You made an inference that if a police officer is arresting a person, and that person deems the arrest to be excessive in terms of arrest, that person may believe that excessive force is being used and could potentially resist.
I would hope that there was no reference to that person committing a criminal act of resisting arrest. What most police officers will do if a person resists.... In my case, then, I up the ante: if you're going to resist, I'm going to put a little more pressure on you.
I come from a police day when there were no tasers and there was no pepper spray; it was just you and me and let's see what happens—