All the MFer had to do was stop resisting. He disobeyed every command for the entire time. Didn’t his momma give him “the talk?” Or was he just really really dumb?
So smack him and disorient him so that he has absolutely no clue what is happening and then beat the hell out of him for not obeying commands while disoriented?
The guy was in flight for survival mode...
And how does that excuse the actions of the cops?
And this is an excuse for beating him to death? Seriously? They should be sent to prison for a very, very long time. There is no difference between gangsters and “police officers” of this kind. This cannot be tolerated.
First encounter, the cops walk up to the victim, screaming at him. They immediately open his car door and rip him out of the vehicle, and start wailing on him. The victim hadn't resisted anything at that point, and only asked 'what did I do?' After yanking him out of the vehicle, one cop grabs one hand and pulls the victim one way, while another cop grabs the other arm and pulls him the other way as he's pinned to the ground.
A third cop lays on him and holds a taser to the victim's leg. All the while the cops are yelling, "Give us your hands," while pulling in the opposite directions and wailing on him. The victim is laying there and, saying "Ok, ok, I'm on the ground." It's kind of hard to put your hands behind you when you're being pulled in two different directions while being pinned by some fat ass holding a taser to your leg and all the while you're being punched and kicked.
As the cops keep beating the snot out of him, the victim starts crying for his mom.
Finally, the guy freaks out and he manages to wrestle free and take off - which I would too if three of these SOBs were just wailing on me for no reason. Why lay there and get beaten? He probably didn't even consciously think of that - just panicked.
Side note a lot of criminals bring the "what happens next" on themselves when they resist arrest. I'm in strong favor of stiff penalties for crime, believe in the death penalty and believe it should be applied more often, and for more crimes (rape, kid touching, etc). Many of the criminals deserve to get their ass kicked (for resisting etc). This did NOT appear the case from any of the cameras. Furthermore, nothing in the videos gave the cops the right or valid reason to beat someone to death on the side of the road.
They chase the guy down. Two cops begin spraying the guy and working him over. The third lard ass cop makes his way to the cruiser and is huffing and puffing, about to keel over. You can see the moment he loses his temper, whips out the ASP, runs over, winds up, and cracks the victim in the head with ASP. It did not appear that he 'missed' striking for an arm, leg, meaty portion of the body, but deliberately aimed for the head after yelling for the other officers to give him room to swing. Then the cop continues to beat on the guy with the ASP (an extendable weapon with a steel shaft and ball).
Side note: I am certified in nonlethal weapons, including the use of batons. Strikes above the neck, or to major organ areas are consider lethal use of force. At no point did the encounter require lethal strikes. The cop with the ASP hit the victim in the head, more than once, - essentially the same as if he had hit him with a piece of rebar.
Then, they cuff the guy and lean him against the cruiser, with a fractured skull. The victim slumps over to his right. One of the cops leans the guy upright and says, 'Come on bro I need you to sit up for me, can you sit up for me?'
After leaning the victim up, the victim immediately slumps over to his left like a cartoon. They did not render first aid, but just remark he must be high.
From start to finish the cops' response was unprofessional, overly aggressive and escalatory, which finally resulted in an unarmed guy getting his skull beat in with an ASP. There was no reason for any of this.