What did the guy do to attract police attention in the first place? Going by the video alone, I see the police approach a rotund dullard for reasons unknown, then pepper spray and jump him when he doesn’t comply immediately, even though he appears too dazed and confused to comprehend. Had he “attacked” an officer before the video starts?
Apparently, cop was doing “cross guard” duty and doofus came up and started banging on the window of the squad.
Doofus has priors including felony assault.
Guessing there is a history of mental issues...
From watching the news video, it appeared the guy approached the cop and there was a verbal exchange.
We don’t know what was said. If he said “you people suck” that probably isn’t grounds for getting tazed and sprayed.
But if he said something like “I’m gonna f*** you up” or something like that, well, that gets a cop’s attention.
All we saw was the cop saying “Get down on the ground” and the guy says something like “I don’t know you and you don’t know me”.
Most cops don’t start off a conversation, even a bad one with “Get down on the ground.” We don’t know what went down before the video started.