To be honest, when I looked at the video, I expected it to be a whole lot worse. Oh yes! It was bad, all those gratuitous free kicks and smacks against the head, yes, that was not necessary. Still, I don’t think it compares with some other recent scenes of cop violence. The difference here is the herd, mob or hive type behavior. This is one of the reasons as a boy, I was warned to never run from either police or dogs, as it brings out the predator in each of them.
How could it be worse, he lay on his belly and put his hands behind him in the hand cuff position, and they cuffed him and then beat him into the hospital where he is expected to survive, but they let him lay there either unconscious or too injured to move, for 45 minutes, without treatment.
Some of the sheriffs need prison time, and every single one that delivered a blow needs to be charged with a level of assault, and removed from law enforcement.
They should not be put back on the streets after what this video showed us.
It wasn’t herd or mob mentality, it’s a tacit police agreement and strategy to provide sort of professional cover for the actual culprits — but at this point they’re all culprits, and that’s what the agreement is all about.