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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
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.
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I would agree that in that case, an incident like that ends up without injury 9/10 times. But in the case of shoving a 75 year old, the odds of injury increase dramatically.
Very poor judgement, and not really a heat of the moment decision either. They had time to see him approach and realize he was not a threat, and chose to physically remove him anyhow.
The consequences they will have to face, as anyone should the moment they decide to lay their hands on another in any sort of forceful way.