I'm torn. It's one of two things. 1) The old guy was resisting arrest and deserved to suck on concrete. 2) The cops were out of line and need ot be disciplined if not charged and fired.
Now the problem is which one was it? That footage doesn't show the entire incident.
As for people going, "he's a harmless old man" shut up right now... couple years ago where I live, a 78 year old man with a walker stabbed a cop in the eye with a hidden knife he had in the walkers basket. So you can;t be 100% sure anyone is harmless nowadays.
Best bet I've ever found with dealing with the cops is to shut up and listen to them. Even if you fel your rights are being trampled, better to not get face planted or smacked around and dealing with it after the fact. Too many people nowadays have this bizarre notion they can do whatever they want because of their "rights" and have no repercussions. People tend ot forget the police are pretty much above the law for the immediate time of their actions. I'm not saying they above the law after the fact, and police should be held accountable for any excess force, abuse of power or similar behavior, but in the here and now when they arresting you, they can use deadly force if they feel it's needed and it's almost impossible to stop them. Your rights are all well and good but if you're dead they don't help much.
Wonder how long till someone replies claiming I'm some kinda police state loving draconian slavemaster
Now the problem is which one was it? That footage doesn't show the entire incident.
As for people going, "he's a harmless old man" shut up right now... couple years ago where I live, a 78 year old man with a walker stabbed a cop in the eye with a hidden knife he had in the walkers basket. So you can;t be 100% sure anyone is harmless nowadays.
Best bet I've ever found with dealing with the cops is to shut up and listen to them. Even if you fel your rights are being trampled, better to not get face planted or smacked around and dealing with it after the fact. Too many people nowadays have this bizarre notion they can do whatever they want because of their "rights" and have no repercussions. People tend ot forget the police are pretty much above the law for the immediate time of their actions. I'm not saying they above the law after the fact, and police should be held accountable for any excess force, abuse of power or similar behavior, but in the here and now when they arresting you, they can use deadly force if they feel it's needed and it's almost impossible to stop them. Your rights are all well and good but if you're dead they don't help much.
Wonder how long till someone replies claiming I'm some kinda police state loving draconian slavemaster