I can see why people would think it would have been simpler to just roll him over and force cuffs on him.....but I'll tell you reasons why they didn't do that.    1) in their district police are used to suspects having multiple weapons. many cops were injured or killed by suspects like him who had another weapon. it's just safer to back away and order them to comply.    2) these cops were big....but how much endurance do you have? skinny guys like him aren't as weak as they look. just look at monkeys...a tiny one can grab a grown man by the shirt through cage bars and bash his head in. it's easy to say they could have overpowered him, but think about the part where they choke hold him.....see how much he fights? that skinny weak looking black guy essentially drags the cop across the room on his back. cocaine. cocaine. cocaine. that is a demonstration proving the perps ability to resist a forceful arrest. I know it's hard to believe, but physics supports the ability to shift your weight to keep from being moved. lifting isn't just about raw muscle, it's also about center of mass.    here's an example video of how to keep from getting picked up by overwhelming force:  http://www.ehow.com/video_4961401_se...picked-up.html  there's also a video floating out there of a woman in a position like the perp on the floor, preventing a 200lb muscle bound guy from picking her up.     3) lanky guys are also harder to hold on it, especially if they're sweaty. since he was on cocaine, it's safe to say the black guy had endurance on his side and was slippery as a salamander with sweat.    4) the cop was winded from struggling with him; if he strained further to the point of exhaustion, the suspect could have either gotten the upper hand, or gotten away. that's why he was standing in from of the door.     5) the guy was a violent offender who just pulled a knife on them. essentially he attempted murder on a cop. when police told him he was under arrest, he walked away with an attitude, this was obviously a perp who did not want to comply. the perp also had a history of scuffles with officers. the fact that he wasn't even charged with attempted murder shows just how biased the legal system is in favor of blacks. what do you think he was planning on doing with a knife? it's considered a deadly weapon easily.     6) blood exposure is something police try to avoid, especially with guys like this who could have AIDS. with him bleeding early on, and resisting arrest, a simple fingernail scratch from him pulling back while trying to cuff him could have been enough. the guy was also spitting blood at them! (you can see at one point he spits blood in the cops face) he KNEW they didn't want his blood on them.     I think people need to realistically put themselves in the cops shoes. A lot of people don't fight or wrestle much, and see a lot of TV action, so have unrealistic views on how those things actually work when it comes to overpowering someone. even shows like cops are incidences cherry picked from hundreds of other incidences you won't see.    These cops were fired to please the masses, nothing more. otherwise they know they're just giving the negroids excuses to riot.