Hold it right there!
Lack of excessive force notwithstanding, nobody should have to "hope someone is there as a witness". If I get arrested and the case against me is so fraudulent -- so wholly fabricated and trumped up -- that the charges get abruptly dropped when REAL evidence turns up, that's an arrest that never should have been made by any LEO with a semifunctional conscience. Such an arrest ought to be grounds for civil action against the officer(s) involved, and no such arrest ought to be remotely tolerated by said LEO's Watch Commander or CoP.
Cops like that, Americans don't need.
"Lack of excessive force notwithstanding, nobody should have to "hope someone is there as a witness". If I get arrested and the case against me is so fraudulent -- so wholly fabricated and trumped up -- that the charges get abruptly dropped when REAL evidence turns up, that's an arrest that never should have been made by any LEO with a semifunctional conscience. Such an arrest ought to be grounds for civil action against the officer(s) involved, and no such arrest ought to be remotely tolerated by said LEO's Watch Commander or CoP. "
I agree. But what further irks me is that the tape was edited. This indicates that the entire department was complicit.