hmmmm. Yes you have a point however this makes the police that day look like monsters so it’s no surprise the media sat on this and looked the other way. The protesters brought flags and the police just bear people to death and shot them. The wrong people are in prison. Pardons don’t begin to help these folks.
They had no fear of the people who totally outnumbered them turning on them because they were beating someone who was no threat to them.
And they were correct.
A bit of fear of the public keeps government employees on the straight and narrow.