Incredible. I cannot believe these folks just stand there, some with smiles on their faces, while this took place.
Believe it. They are the 21st c Americans. Stupid, cowardly and utterly obedient.
There is not a lot a civilian can do while manhandled by several cops with weapons drawn. You really don’t have any power or authority over them except for the law by lawsuit after the fact, so you might as well cooperate with them. In their place, I would not be jumping around cursing them and screaming police brutality. Not in that tense situation.
I can’t say if the people were docile and accepting or just shocked in their outrage. It is hard to tell when people’s lives are turned completely upside down out of the blue like that.
I get your point if they are sheep who really believe that the police had the right to do what they did, but I’ll reserve that judgment pending interviews by the detained people.
They were powerless to resist at the time. Now they have the power for a class action lawsuit against the police for violations of their rights. I know it would take me about 3 seconds to award damages to the victims of the police abuse of power.