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Hah. That's funny. The Police Department was even refusing to release their names. We've got a long way to go.

The only way we are going to stop things like this from happening is holding cops to a higher standard. All of these cops should have been fired and charged.

Haven't you heard? You can't be more than one sigma over "average" intelligence and be hired for law enforcement.

And a federal judge said this is OK.

Johnny, police departments should train their officers to recognize the difference between a diabetic emergency and drunkenness and general belligerence. Some have already done so. This apparently isn't one of them.

So if he was not in diabetic shock, it would be alright for four or five police to throw him down on the ground and start kicking him?

Let me save you the trouble of responding...
"We don't see what happened before the video starts"

So the man was repeatedly told not to move. The man was unarmed and was no threat, he was ordered with a gun pointed at him not to move repeatedly. Was he ordered to step out of the vehicle? NO he was ordered not to move they then viciously attacked him for following every order. He did so as he was in medical distress. This man followed every direction he was given.
Johny in my opinion You are obviously as much of a sociopath as the officer who found it hilarious.

Do tell me how this guy was even remotely a threat that warranted six large men to take him down, kick him in the face, and break his ribs, all the while calling him a "motherfucker?" It's the "new professionalism," right? Especially the laughing. But hey, we're all just (potential) criminals to cops.

The only thing worse than shitty cops like these morons are DAs and ADAs that won't prosecute shitty cops.

Posted by a former LEO on the youtube video of the incident...."5 working on the guy, he is down, with one arm under control. situation leaning heavy in favor of the officers. does the 6th officer who saunters up the group really need to be kicking the guy in head ? As a former LEO I can tell you that guy has brutalizer written all over him. Guys like him are hard to deal with. If you tell him after to "take it easy bro" he turns it on you "you don't want my help?" "I was helping you!". Boot him from force now for sake of public and other officers."

I know this is difficult or impossible for me to understand because I lack special police training on dealing with others but I'll give it a try.

We have a suspect that was driving erratically and is taunting us because he doesn't appear to be following directions quickly. So we point a gun at him and yell at him. That doesn't seem to work and he doesn't respond. He's so out of control he doesn't even put the car in park.

So now our muscle memory kicks in. We pull him out of the car and have a dance party on his face and body while yelling "Stop Resisting" at a person not capable of resisting. This way when someone later looks at the dashcam video we will have covered our asses and eveyone will know he was resisting.

How did I do?

So, you defend the beating of an unarmed man in a diabetic shock! How enlightening.

So true. Once again the taxpayers are the ones forced to ante up due to the belligerent actions of a few bad cops. I truly hope the police let their brains kick into gear first next time before they decide to beat a non-resisting suspect.

The man also wasn't beaten on the dash cam as the headline says. He was recorded by the dash cam, but he was beaten on the street by the thugs with badges who yanked him from his car after the man followed every order screamed at him by the first thug.

I'm curious, does anyone here think that an armed public servant has some responsibility to keep their fear under control so that they don't needlessly beat/torture/kill someone?

Anyone ever heard of a higher level of accountability? Certainly not among police officers in the USA. The public servants in this case display an inability to control themselves and their emotions, allowing fear to override common sense.

Maybe diabetics shouldn't even leave their homes....how's that sound?...that way thug, criminal sociopaths with badges won't beat the shit out of them and get away with their crimes.

To all the NON sociopaths the officers actions were not Objectively reasonable.

So, I usually don't comment on these sorts of things. But the fact that someone would suggest that four cops pouncing on a man in Insulin shock while another one kicks him repeatedly in the head shouting "Stop resisting Mother****er!" is in any way "reasonable" prompted me to speak up.

In spite of what has been said above about the SCOTUS ruling, Graham v Connor does NOT say it's reasonable for a cop to kick you in the face because you're diabetic and don't keep your blood sugar under control.

As LEOs may or may not know (it seems training varies quite a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction), Graham v Connor identifies a three-prong test for reasonableness:

1) the severity of the crime at issue
2) whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others
3) whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight

1 Severity of crime? Driving under the influence (police saw Greene weaving in traffic. He might run someone over! Check! One point for the "good" guys!

2 Immediate threat? No weapon, no aggressive move, complete compliance with the order "Do not to move! Driver do NOT move!" Oooh, ouch... one point for the "perp."

3 Actively resisting arrest? It does appear that for around MAYBE one second before all four cops begin kneeing and kicking him, he remained slightly upright. Hmm... I'm going to say not volunteering for a mouth full of gravel BEFORE you're pulled from a car doesn't count as resisting. Darn! another point for the "perp."

The above represents my impression from watching the video. BUT, after an investigation, the city decided the behavior of the officers was unreasonable enough to offer a settlement. [I.e. that a jury would probably have the same impression as I and everyone else did.] Yes, the cops admit no wrong-doing, but it seems like the settlement kind of "settles" that point.

ADDITIONALLY, Henderson police say departmental use of force policies have since been changed. Seems like that says something more about this incident.