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Originally Posted by Resurrection
I honestly didnt think it would be possible for people to show up and defend the police in this video. I'm left speechless. What absolute lemmings you are.
edit: going to expand on that a little as not to seem like its a drive by. the burden of proof is shifted by this video on to the police. in this video we appear to see the entire interaction between police and him, yes, we dont know that there isnt more. that's the thing though we dont really need to know that. what could have possibly transpired before this to make the police actions ok? did he shout to them "hey crackers, after I talk to this shop keeper im going to blow up the building". hes calming talking to someone then startled by the police. keeping his hands up. until second cop rushes in and starts the beat down. for no apparent reason.
for those suggesting maybe he wasnt really cooperating, well, prove it. the video shows he was. what on earth could he possibly have said to warrant such an attack? and so what if he wasnt immediately getting his hands behind his back or obeying a command. this isn't a prison camp in cuba. talking to the police with your hands up should never result in a beating.
the default position some posters seem to take is that the citizens in these videos are guilty until provent innocent. its ass backwards. furthermore, the police should be held to the higher standard, NOT citizens. the police have the power and authority to do a lot of things with our civil liberty in order to protect us. that means they should be held to account in the same fashion.
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I want to agree with everything you're saying and generally in most cases I do. But the video obviously shows the cop yelling instructions at the guy for about 15 seconds, that's three really good chances for the guy to comply. The guy's hands are not really up for most of that time, his palms are facing up as if asking "what's the problem...what did I do?".
Your proof is at 18 seconds when the cop actually makes a move to grab the guy's hand and he pulls it away. That's an aggressive move. At that point you're going to see a physical confrontation nine times out of ten. The guy is actually really big too, much taller and more muscular than the cops. That said, I still don't like super cop going crazy on him.
Here's what the cops did correctly, they realized it was a minor offense and approached correctly without guns. 9/10ths of this thread is about scaredy cops pulling guns and shooting innocent people. Here, they are doing what people are asking of them.
They obviously gave a series of commands to the guy. They might have just been chitty chatting but I doubt it.
What they did incorrectly was not giving him another chance to comply when the second cop arrived. If the second cop was on the scene for another 10-15 seconds and the guy still didn't comply, then I'm 100% ok with the rest.
The annoying part is the guy will probably be charged with assaulting officers which I think is bs. And being called a lemming.