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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
How am I missing what you wrote? I think I typed the same thing in three or four other posts. What you are missing is if the man was complying with what the officers wanted him to do (none of that is in the video). Sure, he was on all fours, but was he supposed to be? I have no clue, I was not there. I can barely see a kick to the face in the video.
I don't think he was defenseless, and I am sure cops have watched a few videos where they took their safety for granted and someone got hurt. Everyone is under guard until that guy is cuffed, frisked and in the back of a cruiser.
Go watch Cops or something, you will see that people under arrest have police kneeling on their heads, neck, back and legs. Especially if there are guns involved. I don't know if that is what they do in Canada (where are the cops on this site?).
This cop was not playing around. I also do not think his kick was justified, from what I can see.
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Well let's just say that the guy randomly went out to lie down on the pavement. That the police did not order him to do so, but he did so anyway.
How is having your hands on the pavement while lying on your stomach, without the ability to reach your shotgun or any other weapon a threatening position.
The guy was defenceless when he was kicked. He did not have the ability to put his arms in front of his face.
I like to think that the officers have training in this type of situation, which makes the kick even more inexcusable.
Of course the officers were not playing around, however that is not carte blanche to do whatever they wish.
Yes I do keep typing the same thing, as there is no counter argument to support the kick. When an alternate point of view comes up, I simply fall back on the kick was unjustified argument because it's right.
To answer your question of how do you know the officers told him to do that.
CTV's Raw Footage has better video than Global as there isn't any voiceover, you hear an officer shout "get down" and then there's the kick
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/l...shColumbiaHome