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"Mild" is relative. When you have a large man resisting arrests, it takes a lot of force to subdue them. Yes, by the standards necessary to subdue people resisting arrest, this is, compared to other violent takedowns, relatively mild. If you have a better way, I am sure that there would be much interest. But, I suspect, you don't have a better way. Quarterbacking is so much easier, from the armchair.

What was that you said about having to rely on verbs causing you to lose an argument?

I said that to refer to this as "mauling" is an exaggeration, to the point of discrediting your argument. Once again, I suspect that you have no comprehension of how difficult it is to subdue a large man determined to resist arrest. A real "mauling", done in excess of what is necessary, would involve a whole lot more than this.

Don't forget, that the police have to deal with the fringes of society on a daily basis. They cannot afford to take chances, or the law of averages will get them killed in no time. It is easy, I am sure, from your sofa. It is a lot more difficult when this is an everyday occurrence.

Let's strip it all down.

The man was alive. The police overpowered him. He died.

But you are not stripping this down. You are missing step "b", the part that necessitated the police overpowering him. Once again, you are showing that you have no real point, but rather an agenda. The critical step is the part between step "b" (the actions that necessitated the overpowering), and "c" (the actual overpowering). The fact that you don't address that, is telling, to say the least.

In addition, you fail to mention step "d", which is the part between the overpowering, and the death. Once again, omission is telling. You try to imply that the overpowering led directly to the death, when it is more likely that it is the actions of the deceases which led to his demise (don't bring a lard ass to the resistance of an arrest attempt).

Why couldn't they have just written him a ticket?

Do you have any, and I mean any, idea what would happen if the police stopped arresting people who showed the slightest aggression towards them, on the basis that they could always arrest them later? Somehow, I don't think you know. But more importantly, I don't think you care.

Whom was the least violent during this "mildly" violent takedown? ... Looks like you should try another mild verb

Not to nitpick, but "mildly" is not a verb. Not even a mild one.