I used to be a law and order guy just like you. Big supporter of the police. I'm done with that now. Police have become WAY too adversarial and aggressive in their dress, interactional style, tactics; they have allowed themselves to be painted as the militarized enemy with nobody to blame but themselves. Any reasonable human being can see that an appropriate response to an obviously frail elderly man would be to move him aside with some finesse. Hell, arrest him if you want, again with reasonable care not to injure. Those thugs pushed him back and walked right over him as he seized and bled from his ear. How can you possibly defend their actions here, just on a human level? They are here to protect and serve. Even if you want to support them, it is incumbent that they learn, bend to the will of the populace they serve. That has not happened during this period of unrest and the police share most of the blame for what is happening out there. It is the police who will wind up changing from all of this, not the populace. Major changes in the winds for the ways policing and safety services are provided to the people in the US.
fact checker 642572498 wrote:
onemorePRinme wrote:
he was trying to give the one of the cops his hat back. that was what was in his hand, one of the cops was kneeling with the protesters a few minutes earlier and left his hat behind.
this guy, this peaceful man, picked up the hat and was trying to return it, right thing to do and all that.
although it isn't audible it seems pretty clear to me that he was trying to explain this to the cops before they shoved him. those meatheads have unbridled arrogance.
additional video has surfaced showing these details.
That's false. He's not handing them anything.
Your story is BS. A guy outside protesting against the police is not going to be doing them favors like you claim. Even the mayor said the guy was an agitator.
Even if he wanted to give them something, just leave it on the ground. They are walking that way anyway and would pick it up. No excuse for the guy disobeying orders and getting that close to cops in the middle of a riot.