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I'm not saying the guy doesn't need to be punished. We're ALL working from assumptions here, some of which are becoming obvious.
I'm NOT assuming he has a history of similar incidents.
I'm NOT assuming he was wearing steel-toed shoes.
I AM assuming that everyone here is aggitating for a felony assault charge.
If those assumptions are wrong, then I'll change my opinion. Felony assault, if found guilty, would mean a few months in jail (as opposed to prison and is an important distinction). We don't know anything about this officer, so I'm not automatically assuming that he's a bad guy. If he is, and he's gotten lots of complaints about excessive force or has been reprimanded for it before, etc. I'll be the first to advocate getting him off the force and getting him in jail.
So, before you continue fire off replies at me, go get some facts and let's see how that matches up with what everyone is assuming.
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