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It's clear from the video that the motorized wheelchair ran over the cop's foot. A motorized wheelchair is in the neighborhood of around 300 pounds and often capable of carrying another 300+ pounds. I think most people might be at least a little irritated after having their foot run over by a heavy machine.

The cop might have over-reacted, but his response wasn't completely unexpected.

It's clear from the video that the motorized wheelchair ran over the cop's foot. A motorized wheelchair is in the neighborhood of around 300 pounds and often capable of carrying another 300+ pounds. I think most people might be at least a little irritated after having their foot run over by a heavy machine. The cop might have over-reacted, but his response wasn't completely unexpected.

The cops were lucky they didn't get him and them seriously hurt. They flipped the chair over on it's side. It is not wise to stand near the front of a motorized wheelchair near the joy stick. Accidents do happen including people hitting them.

The officer would have known the chair was fixing to move. Motorized wheelchairs will click {relays engage} when the joystick is moved into any direction. How the back tires are pointed can also effect how the chair initially turns upon command. Notice the guy is also on a sideways incline adding more for the guy to deal with because he wants it to go straight and not start downhill in what would have been to his left.

A simple HALT would have sufficed. The man is a paraplegic and any number of factors they had no clue about like rods in the spine could have left him quad if he had them.

I had a cousin who was downtown at some street festival. She's a quad. Some how her chair tipped forward and threw her out. The initial response of well intended person could have done her serious harm. They ran toward her wanting to lift her up. Another cousin saw what happened and yelled don't touch her. He knew how to safely lift her. She does have rods in her spine.

I've had my feet ran over a few times with motorized wheelchairs while I was wearing tennis shoes. Seriously it's not that big a deal. I yell ouch ouch ouch jokingly and my wife says Oh I'm sorry. Never in 29 years has the pain anywhere approached a level of anger or severe pain for that matter. Yes they weigh 300 pounds but 300 pounds is not on the persons foot. The weight is spread out over four wheels. She's done it to me with every chair she's had at least once likely several times and I've accidently ran it into myself a few times by accidently hitting the joystick.

Her first chair learning to use it she parked it on top of my foot LOL. That was a big 1985 era Rolls with the large 20" drive wheels.

A motorized wheelchair is in the neighborhood of around 300 pounds and often capable of carrying another 300+ pounds.

BS. The fat pig didn't limp or miss a beat.

I respectfully suggest you give this picture a good look, and do a reassessment of who the aggressor actually was.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140703122438-cop-push-wheelchair-story-tablet.jpg