What's particularly sad about this case is that, regardless of whether the officer was technically allowed to do this, or whether he had intention of killing, we have a situation where 8 men ganged up and assaulted a man who, from the looks of things, was just trying to earn a buck.
I say sad, but it's not shocking. People are fooled into thinking that the police are there to "protect and serve". They're really not, they exist to enforce policy, that's where the name "police" comes from. And as long as an individual officer sticks to his job of enforcing policies (like making sure somebody doesn't try to sell individual cigarettes), the state will typically grant them personal immunity from many laws (within the tolerance of the populace).
It's a sell-your-soul type deal, screw over your fellow man for daddy-state, and they'll give you special privileges.
It's like here in Hong Kong, some friends were genuinely crying over the HK police crack down of the protests, couldn't believe that police here would do such things. Don't be a fucking fool, that's their job, to enforce policy, and the policy is always to maintain and grow the state.
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