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(42,288 posts)Not the one who knocked him down--it wasn't an accidental use of excessive force; it was a choice.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)The short cop who pushed him the hardest and made him fall, backed off for a minute, then another came up to help the man up and THEN the one who pushed him came back to help him up. The one helping the man from his left side is the one who pushed him down.
It looks to me like one of the other cops told him to help lift the man back to his feet.
He needs to be relieved of duty at minimum.
That is an authoritarian mindset, clearly. A bully with a badge and a gun.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)Hit him from behind too! Remember, these guys are trained. Old cogger like that could easily have broken a hip or something from a fall like that.
Submariner
(12,509 posts)they act like a bunch of hopped up speed freaks.
Leith
(7,813 posts)There was no violence going on at that place. Shoving both of them was entirely unnecessary. Notice that the cops that helped him up were not the one who shoved him down - that jerk couldn't be bothered.
Ms. Toad
(34,094 posts)He was leaning against a pole adjacent to the bus stop sign.
nilram
(2,894 posts)Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)Although I sorta doubt that guy was even a 'protester'.
You can tell by the reporter's voice that she really wants to say WHAT THE FUCK!
Sick motherfuckers.
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)PATHETIC!!!
phylny
(8,389 posts)"I'm sorry my co-worker is an asshole."