06-09-2015, 09:22 PM
(06-08-2015, 12:50 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: 1. Agree, the race issue is 100% media driven for the ratings of course.
2. I'm one of the first one's to defend officers in most instances.
3. He, IMHO, way overreacted to a situation that wasn't that out of control.
4. Shame on those other officers for not stepping up and helping the officer that was obviously losing his composure and overreacting.
Yeah, some good points, but this video shows part of the scene - we don't know what happened before, how many people there were, or what the other cops were doing. This isn't one that is "in the manual." Very unique and fluid situation. And video sucks for just these reasons. It doesn't show before and it doesn't show around and so it is easy for it to create a false impression.
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