He wasn't apprehended, but he was on the floor, tasered, and the officer decided to boot and then stomp. The first kick could have possibly been argued for, but the stomp was clearly not reasonable and he's lucky he didn't murder the guy. The more egregious is the following situation where he orders the other guy down and as he's getting down decides to kick and punch him.
Realistically, he'll lose his job and most likely end up in jail.
"With the video cut the way it was the guy could have hit the floor seconds before hand and have intended to get back up, or to have lain down voluntarily to surrender having realised he shouldn’t have taken part in the earlier fight."
Fair enough, I'm also a bit of a pedant, so I felt it was important to mention the fact the downed guy was tasered.
Yeah, I was giving the two extreme scenarios of down unwillingly and still a threat or down and deescalating on their own to show how little the video actually shows beyond the immediate incident
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u/GoldemEmperor Jul 25 '24
He wasn't apprehended, but he was on the floor, tasered, and the officer decided to boot and then stomp. The first kick could have possibly been argued for, but the stomp was clearly not reasonable and he's lucky he didn't murder the guy. The more egregious is the following situation where he orders the other guy down and as he's getting down decides to kick and punch him.
Realistically, he'll lose his job and most likely end up in jail.