Unjustified Force Quotes

Indiscriminate massacre was not their intention, after they obtained foothold, and was resorted to in the first instance to strike terror and alarm. Women and children would afterwards have been spared, and men also who ceased to resist

There's a difference between violence and senseless violence.

The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.

It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead to this necessity

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there's times when they're a little bit further than that.

Corruption, Racisim, Brutality. You cannot break the law to enforce the law under any circumstances.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

I'm going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not.

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

When the principle that force is right is become the principle of the nation itself, they would not permit an honest minister, were accident to bring such a one into power, to relax their system of lawless piracy.

Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper.

I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

In communities of color, such as Ferguson, it often feels like the police are protecting the white community from us instead of protecting our communities from the criminal element.

Extraneous violence is totally wrong. 'Robocop' was violence for violence's sake - you don't shoot somebody's arm off.

Sometimes we have to take measures to protect the innocent that we do not like. Severe interrogations are sometimes part of doing that.

It's wonderful to see a young lady headbutt somebody and kick somebody's face.

The same kinds of stereotypes and hunches that George Zimmerman used when deciding that, you know, Trayvon Martin seemed like a threat in his neighborhood, law enforcement officers employ all the time.