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That's not State violence; that's an asshole. Let's turn the hyperbole down a notch, shall we?
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Is Mr. Ehteridge an agent of the State? Yes.
Is he protected by the State? Yes: ask yourself these two questions:
1: What legal consequences will Mr. Etheridge suffer?
2: What legal consequences would the filming party have suffered if -he- had dared to lay hands on Mr. Etheridge, or a Policeman, or any other State functionary?
Ergo, State violence. The violent actor is an agent of the State, in all likelihood protected by the State from any sanction for his violent act.
"Asshole," while certainly accurate and appropriate, fails IMO to address the State-sanctioned aspect of this.