>>"He's got a right to express himself, you've got a right to express
>>yourself," I heard three cops repeat in recent days, using nearly
>>identical language
SOP. It's like deputies in Los Angeles County jails repeating "stop resisting" during jailhouse beatings:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/28/local/la-me-jail-beatings-20110928
[...]
Scott Budnick, a producer for "The Hangover" movies and a former writing tutor at Men's Central Jail, also gave a sworn declaration about abuse he witnessed.
In 2009, he said he opened the door to the jailhouse chow hall, empty but for three deputies kicking and punching an inmate who fell to the floor. The deputies, he said, repeatedly yelled "stop resisting" even though the inmate wasn't.
[...]
Budnick's and other declarations are here:
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/253406/witness-expert-and-inmate-statements-in-jails.pdf