[Mr. K]

are you dense? the police officer CLEARLY throws an elbow at the guy

this is NOT proper police procedure

i am NOT supporting these idiot cyclists who are staging a stupid protest and ignoring the officers, but the officer is screwed for doing that

[Eddeche]

The cheer leading for this lying, thuggish cop’s behavior is an embarrassment to this forum.

[weegee]

Could he use such a procedure to take down someone who has just assaulted a person? How about a purse snatcher? What makes this offense different?

And no I haven’t watched the clip. Can an officer tackle (in the football sense) a person or not?

They can hit a moving car with a car and that is a more violent and dangerous activity.

[Eagles6]

"are you dense?"

Gee, apparently so. Thank goodness I have someone like you to point it out. How can I thank you?

[thefactor]

i have thrown many elbows at people in my career. all well within procedure.

PERHAPS that level of force wasn't warranted in this specific instance, but we have to wait until we know everything.

there is no proper police procedure when it comes to force. it's simply whatever is proper at that time.