Thomas Jennings right before he begins to be pummeled by the NYPD
If you are ever in trouble with the police, surrender, chill out, and put your hands up.
If you do that, everything should be okay, right?
Nah.
Thomas Jennings tried that. It didn't work. At all.
As you will see in the video below, Thomas Jennings, after being confronted by an officer for stealing pizza at a nearby eatery, puts his hands up and surrenders to the police when, running in from the side like a raging pull comes another officer, and ...
POW!
He begins punching Jennings right upside his head. The first officer seems to figure, "What the hell, I might as well join in," and starts using his club as well.
Don't worry though, NYPD officials claim they are looking into it. That worked well with Eric Garner's death, right?