Would you be moved if your cousin was arrested?

Question

If your first cousin on your moms side was seemingly, hit by and arrested by the police for no appropriate reason, and their female, would you be feeling some emotion?

mad, sad, upset, infurriated, sorry,whatever!

if so why? if not...why not?

Answer 1

I would feel bad for my cousin but I would find out the whole story before I formed an opinion or emotion about the police

Answer 2

Regardless of which cousin, it's family and you don't like bad things to happen to family. When people are "hit" or arrested by officers, I can guarantee they are not planting flowers in their garden. People that are treated like that need to be treated like that. We use as minimal force as needed to take one into custody, (or are supposed to by law and SOP), I have seen officers get carried away at times, its adrenaline. I do know that your cousin was not targeted for behaving well. There are too many criminals for us to "mess with" instead of innocent law biding citizens.