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Originally Posted by nik-
My favourite part was the one cop who felt the urge to go check on him was pushed forward to keep moving by another cop.
Nice work boys.
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Honestly as much as I hate things that have been happening, this particular incident to me looks more accidental with catastrophic results than the acts with blatant criminal intent. I feel like this is a case of people reacting to the result, rather than the actions.
This is what I see/hear when I view that video.
- man approaches police
- he is shoved back in the stomach and loses his balance, the shove(s) did not appear to be malicious in nature, but I do think with them coming from two different angles it would cause many to lose balance.
- once the cop that appeared to shove the hardest saw blood he immediately started to go to victim
- he is told to keep going forward because protesters are coming to them now
- the officer that told him to move forward gets on his radio and I swear I can hear the word medic said
- then when pushing the press back they tell them there is an emt on scene.
While I believe this event should lead to disciplinary action in the form of a suspension and write up because results do matter, I do not think this is particularly something that should be getting anywhere near the outrage that it is.