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Man, with the enthusiasm they put into beating this man I assumed it was American cops
But hey, in the states they’d have spared him by covid by choking him out
They are denying the charges laid against them. There is body cam footage of them emptying a can of pepper spray into the face of an immobile 93 year old man before beating and tasing him, and they’ve both denied the charges. No shame.
His death is squarely on their shoulders. Yes Covid got him, but he probably wouldn’t have been hospitalised at the height of the pandemic if he wasn’t recovering from the injuries doled out by these officers.
Scum. They just escalated that situation so they could use their toys on the old man. He was no threat whatsoever, they could have sat down and had a chat with him.
I would LOVE to see a judge play the tape of them doing this, and then ask them to explain specifically how a 93 year old disabled man was a physical threat to them. Go on. Explain in detail.
I’m dying to hear their justification of this.
Him fencing the baton with the knife is actually very funny. Overall I don’t really have an answer as to what I’d have done as an RN before calling police, but usually you can redirect someone like that to somehow get rid of the knife.
I just think if you can’t disarm a one-legged 93 year old without resorting to pepper spray and batons, it’s likely you’re bad at your job.
Lock the door, walk away. “When you’re ready to put down the knife, we’ll give you a sandwich.”
