The video I saw wasn’t the highest quality, but it looked to me like his finger was along the trigger guard, not on the trigger. If so, the buttwipe protestors were in no danger. I see no reason to coddle adults who are out at night forcing riot control police to waste my money trying to keep some order.
The cop wasn’t nice to them...so what? They were assholes, and the world would be a better place if some of those assholes got their butts whipped. They are NOT freedom fighters. Just wannabe punks.
It does not appear that the protester was looting or attempting to assault anyone.
If that is the case, the officer was way out of line.
He will likely be subject to the laws that would apply to you or I if we were to point a gun at someone and say, “I will expletive kill you.”
1) I don't care who you are, or where your trigger finger is; if ou point a muzzle at me in earnest, I am going to respond with LETHAL force. The person who does that to me is either going to be dead, or trying very hard to get that way.
2) You may be egging on this policeman now, but when one of his buddies is drawing down on your kid because you post on FR (don't think Holder is not capable of ordering such), it will suddenly seem like not such a good idea that we have police who act like the standing armies that our Founders feared so much.