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Apparently there were two different video clips linked to on that CNN site. The first one was the beating, the second was the rooftop angle of the bloody guy laying on the sidewalk. After watching the second one I went back and watched the first one again.
Two things I noticed this time that I hadn't noticed the first three times I watched the clip before making my last post. Over the top of the horse's ass near the beginning of the clip you can see a cop punching the guy in the back of the head. Obviously this negates my statement about seeing violence but not brutality. When the camera angle switches and the guy is still standing, he has no blood on his shirt or face, so (again) obviously more was happening on the ground than just trying to get his arms behind his back for handcuffing.
This does not mean that I now believe that the cops were evil and the guy was an innocent. I think everyone involved in the incident made some bad decisions which, in turn, provoked more bad decisions by all concerned.
Of course we all know the best way to avoid this kind of police beat-down. Stay at home and only communicate with the outside world by computer.
Oops, preaching to the choir.
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