• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    The context after the punch tells you everything you need to know. If the protester had done something for which physical violence was appropriate police response, the immediate step right after the physical violence logically is detention and arrest.

    Think about it, if a cop legitimately needs to say tackle somebody, tase somebody, shoot at somebody, the next thing the cop does is arrest, not walk away. It would be truly bizarre to see a cop tase a person and then casually walk away.

    Same logic applies here: if the punch was called for, arrest was also called for. But this motherfucker calmly walks away.

    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      No it doesnt. And you all need to stop making excuses the heavily edited video. If theres nothing to hide, theres no reason not to show the whole thing. Stop making excuses for rage bait.

      • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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        23 days ago

        No it doesn’t.

        That’s the entirety of your counter argument. Well, my answer to that is “yes it does”. What a fantastic, fruitful exchange.