Just FYI, Mr. Grant was not handcuffed and did not have his hands behind his back. On the contrary, he insisted on keeping his hands in front of him, hidden from view, placed near the waistband of his pants. You may or may not think that matters, but we can at least keep the facts straight.
‘Hands in front of him’ and ‘hidden from view’ are contradictory.
Looking at the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOByfwT0734
It looks like he is on his side or prone with the knees of two transit cops on him. You can see his hands but I can’t tell if he is cuffed or not.
Again, cops can execute the citizenry and get their hands slapped because of the immunity they have as cops. This is happening over and over again. Just like the guy at Costco or the wood carver in Seattle and the guy who was murdered by the SWAT in Tucson. Those are just a small sample of what goes on in the criminal justice system.
As Americans lose their conscience and become police officers and members of SWAT teams we get cops who are behaving more and more like thugs and death squads from third world countries. They look at the citizenry as the enemy and treat them as such.
Then again America is rushing toward third world status in a hurry.