| Hiku said: Who said they deliberately tried to crack his skull? And if no one said it, that's a strawman making this behavior seem not as bad as people are saying, because "it wasn't intentional." Which no one claimed anyway. |
I wasn't saying anyone in this thread thought it was deliberate. I was referring to some twitter discussion about it that you posted here. It was a post about one of these officers kneeling with protestors and then being involved in this incident. So excuse me if I assume some people think it was deliberate because otherwise I'm not sure what the issue is with the man kneeling and then being on duty.
Unprofessional is what it is. I've no doubt these guys can and have handled old people without pushing, but in that incident they made an error. It doesn't look like a push with force to make someone fall. More like a sudden shove that makes the man take off-balance steps backwards and lose his footing. Unfortunate and unprofessional.
How do you know what he wrote in his original statement?
Anyway, things like this should always be investigated but in this case I don't think he would be charged. Statements afterwards are another thing.
Incidents like the cop firing a projectile on kids head should be investigated and the cop charged. And those clips of cops beating protesters with batongs.
