I’ve put a lot of men on the ground, and that cop had absolutely no cares about breaking that man and putting him in the hospital, a serious attack that had no cause.
In the distant past cops did not feel they had the right to force total submission on every person they met, instantly, as a part of talking to you.
The talking and interaction with people is almost entirely gone, now it is physical violence or shooting almost instantly, you barely get the word, what??? out of your mouth before you are being treated as though you are feloniously resisting arrest.
One of the things that I learned during 25 years of soldiering as an infantryman and leader is that soldiers will do what you train them to do, and, properly led, they will do it extremely well. Train hard and right in peacetime and you know exactly what to do when the bullets begin to fly even if your buddies face has just turned to goo.
My sense is that law enforcement training has gone around the bend. LEO’s are doing what they have been trained to do and I think that training has changed for the worse in the past 15-20 years. They have lost sight of their purpose and have become something that the public has every right to fear.
It gones with militarization. Except our military has riles of engagemen.
however, the body slam to the sidewalk was totally inappropriate....
and yes, in the not so distant pass, cops were our protectors, were respectful, and we were respectful back....