The guy is clearly resisting arrest.
The media is clearly hyping the incident.
I'm not advocating beating on people for grins.
Your argument is weak. The only thing that is percieved as wrong is the punches to the head. Which I wouldn't do because you hurt your hand, but if this cop wants to do that, it's his choice.
Why did the cop on horseback deliberately block the view of the videographer? It seems to me that these JBT's didn't want the public to see their shameful actions of beating an innocent elderly man into the ground.
Why did the cop shove the journalist against the car while spewing an obscenity-filled tirade if they (the cops) were doing nothing wrong?
I'm getting tired of the way cops like you with the "us versus them, if your not cop, you're little people" attitude come here and defend every single incident of police abuse and brutality no matter how disgusting.
You are indeed part of the problem, pal.
"Which I wouldn't do because you hurt your hand, but if this cop wants to do that, it's his choice."
Bull cra, cops love war wounds. It makes them feel macho. "ow heck, busted my hand on some perps jaw cus he threw up in my cruiser".
Cap'n for police and crunch because you like to crunch heads and fingers? You should be very proud of yourself.
So trying to keep your body from being beat to a bloody pulp equals 'resisting arrest'?
They claim the guy was 'drunk', but didn't bother to give him any breathalizer or blood tests. There is no police videotape that's been reported showing the guy acting drunk. Not that being drunk in public warrents this kind of beating anyway, but these New Orleans cops are about as believable as their 500 compatriots who fled like dogs from Hurricane Katrina and never returned.
Care to change your tune.?
Cop suspended in beating had psychiatric treatment
One of the three New Orleans police officers suspended and charged in connection with the videotaped beating of a retired teacher in the French Quarter received psychiatric treatment after an apparent suicide attempt in the mid-1990s, but was hired as a cop about a year later when he passed the department's psychological tests, according to his attorney and three people who worked with the officer before he joined the force.