Cena_mark
I can't believe that. Dude got thrown out of a flipping van, is clearly unconscious, and tons of cops start beating his ass. Cameras. Its even worse when cops do that shit on their own dash cams. Shows how above the law they think they are.

Meerkat
They are not above the law. They ARE the law.

RocketBlender
The way that first cop rushes in to start beating on the completely motionless guy with such haste that he loses his balance and falls over really says something.

Is there a soundtrack-free version out there? My hearing isn't the best, and I can't hear most of the video over the music.

Dr Robot
The full video of that clip at 4:22 was on here at some point. This is edited. It doesn't show that the guy driving that van tried to run over a cop before crashing. I'm no big supporter of the police (and fucking hate how quickly they pull out tasers these days) but it'd be hard not to beat the ever-loving shit out of someone who legitimately just tried to kill me.

RocketBlender
I'll admit that I've never been in this situation, so I don't know how I'd react, but I like to think I'd have the decency to throw down the club once the other guy is a motionless blob next to an upside down car.

Also, the other 7 or so cops have no excuse.

jangbones
That entire line of thinking...small government, preventing tyranny, all that business...is purely Republican messaging and completely hypocritical and disingenuous. Modern conservatives preach against impingement of their civil liberties yet have zero problem expanding the power of government if it serves their special interests.

FABIO
The heart of reactionaries has always been about tearing down anything that hinders setting up their own system of privilege and oppressing others.

pastorofmuppets
I think there's a communication issue here. Republicans think civil liberties are when corporations aren't regulated.

RocketBlender
You really missed the worst of it. Seriously, at least go to 4:22

Old_Zircon
Same. The real question, though,m is whether this stuff is happening more often now than it was a decade or two ago, or whether it was always going on but is just more visible now. My money's on the latter.

zerobackup
It for sure has been happening ever since there has been a hierarchy of power in society. Imagine the really bad shit that happens behind closed doors, no dashcams in interrogation rooms, or Guantanamo Bay.

pastorofmuppets
Someone here once said that there are very scary people in prison, and we've hired a bunch of people who are only the tiniest bit less scary to keep them in there.

RocketBlender
Police Cops.

TeenerTot
And that's the end of that chapter.