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bbscott
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Re: [video] New Orleans Police Beating Captured on

The police are allowed to cuff and detain someone until they can ascertain the situation. While i was against the Rodney king beating, this is a much different situation. This man was obviously not letting the police handcuff him, therefore he was a threat, regardless. The police don't know who he is, what weapons he might have. This is a matter of safety and security for them and other citizens. While hitting him in the head is a bit much, put yourself in their shoes. They deal day in and dayout with criminals that pull away from being cuffed and even pull out weopons on them. One never knows who your dealing with. The man should have just allowed the police to do their job, and if everything was cool then hey. It bugs me how the media blows these things into a race issue, THE MAN WAS FIGHTING THE POLICE, BY NOT LETTING THEM HANDCUFF HIM...PERIOD.....PEACE OUT...

excelx
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bah!
jekler
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Cincinnati, OH

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This man was obviously not letting the police handcuff him, therefore he was a threat, regardless.
Were you and I even watching the same video? Here's what I saw. 4 cops have a man with his hands behind his back and he's facing a wall. A mounted officer maneuvers infront of the camera for approximately 1 second. Next we see the same man, still facing the wall, having his head bashed into it by the 4 cops holding him.

Now do you mean to tell me that in the one second the horse moved infront of the camera, something occured that required smashing his head into the wall, repeatedly. Is he some kind of ninja that did some insane maneuver that, although deadly to 4 police officers, goes undetected on video and can be performed with his back to his four victims and his hands behind his back.

If everything they're doing is legitimate, why does a the cop on horse repeatedly try blocking the camera? Why did they find it necessary to start assaulting a CNN producer? Or was the CNN producer in the same ninja clan as the guy laying on the ground with his head cracked open?

When exactly do they explain in police training "If you're arresting an old guy and you've got him pinned to the wall and you can't get him cuffed, just start smashing his head until he's laying in a pool of his own blood. Don't try this alone, make sure there's at least four of you beating him simultaneously. And once he's laying on the ground groaning, prod him with your foot."

I haven't seen that much blood since Reservoir Dogs. If this guy is so deadly that four of them couldn't subdue him, maybe they should've resorted to missile fire, why risk their lives by getting in that close, he's obviously not even mortal. I thought Hercules was only legend, not until I saw that man and all his formidable power did I believe the greek legends. Thank goodness those four heroes were there to put a stop to his terrible reign of destruction. At first glimpse I was tempted to believe that he was lying in a pool of his own blood, but I'm sure that pool was actually the gore of the first dozen officers that tried to take him down.

malcom1985
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Honestly, for anyone to say he deserved it/had it coming, you seriously need your head examined. I saw nothing at all that looked even remotely threatening or something that would warrant that type of action.

Those cops are wrong, flat out. No excuses period.