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Originally Posted by Rathji
FYP
He is in the video, we don't know about before, save one account which might not have had complete information or might be biased towards the victim. If he wasn't actively resisting in the video, it would have taken about 10 seconds to get the cuffs on, not over a minute with the guards actively struggling to get him to stay still. So based solely on the video we have, you can only assume he was actively resisting.
I am also assuming that there is video elsewhere which establishes if he was beforehand, which really is what needs to be relied upon when considering if the level of force is appropriate (aside from the punching, which is over the line for sure).
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He is only actively resisting in the video because 6 security guards are on top of him. Do you expect him to just go into passive mode? These aren't cops. These are security guards. The authority to even engage in this type of restraint is suspect.
Video of the lead up is certainly crucial, but based on what we have the attempt to say that this was justified (other than the punches) under that protocol diagram was total garbage. You don't get to work through it backwards to justify your actions.