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Originally Posted by mrklixx
Watch it again. He was walking toward the confrontation, and looked to be less than 10 feet from it. And what exactly was flashing his "credentials" supposed to accomplish?
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I never said he wasn't walking forward. What I said was he was still a good distance away and his actions we not warranted. Listening to what I can hear, it sounds like Mr. Angry Pants can't keep his temper under control and doesn't like it when people report his bad actions.
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Originally Posted by mrklixx
Again, if one views the entire clip, one can see that it is edited. There's a jump cut after the horse backs up, and another one right before Officer Fatty Smith comes barging in. And then it jumps straight to another person being arrested (again with no footage of what led up to the arrest), and then yet another police incident that gets cut off. So it seems pretty obvious that they weren't there to film the Journey cover band, and just "happened" upon this "brutal mutilation".
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You are correct there are a few edits. I guess they are exhibiting a liberal bias and Mr. Angry Pants really should have kicked that yellow journalists ass...
1) what we saw, regardless of the edits, was brutality.
2) I have no issue with four officers taking down a suspect in that manner. I do have an issue with the multiple punches to the head. Unjustified.
3) Mr. Angry Pants needs to get his shit under control or sit at a desk. That is no way to treat *anyone* from the public. There are better ways to do crowd control.
I see nothing untowards in the piece, even with the edits. As it stands it is a Rorschach test. You see what you want to see.
Some see this headline: 64 year old gets beat by police. Report witnessing the event is roughed up.
Others see: Ignorant, criminal black man gives some of our boys a rough time and gets what he deserves! Member of the Yellow Press sticks his nose where it doesn't belong and gets his ass whooped!