swearing an yelling.... police do that, so can the citizen running from the police... yeah, don't expect him NOT to force u to the ground... but as soon as u place ur hands on someones neck that can be considered a threat to life. just like if you were to take your gun out... you can kill with a gun, and that guy weighing 200+ lbs, could have crushed that kids neck with ease. I highly doubt his intent was to kill the kid or he was putting sufficient pressure on his next to do any serious damage, and like i said before he only had his hands there a few seconds. But he even forced the kids that were just standing there, albeit they had been skateboarding, to the ground and treated them the same as the others who had ran and whatnot. Can we all agree, at least, that the cop did overreact, maybe just a wee bit, or will you combat that too, Bloodstain?