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Originally Posted by baddog
You do not know what happened prior to the camera being pointed in that direction.
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That's irrelevant. The police are authorized to use violence if the demonstrator poses a threat. The second the demonstrator stops being a thread, the police no longer has the right to use violence. A demonstrator lying on the ground in a fetal position clearly doesn't pose a threat.
Claiming that what (possibly) happened before the beating is relevant is saying that the police are judge, jury and executioner and don't have to abide by the law but can make it up as they go.