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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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It's a perfect case of why police need to practice more restraint in general. It's why seeing police hit people with clubs, and rubber bullets and random sucker punches and pushing old men is so appalling, particularly in the context of WHY the protests are happening. A random punch to the back of the head can cause death. Rubber bullets can cause death. Forcing a camera into someone's face can cause death.
There's just absolutely no reason for any of those dozen police officers to not just stop, talk to this man slowly approaching them for a second, and see what he's doing.