The chief (perhaps not the mayor) should have reviewed the body cam several weeks ago and suspended the officer then.
Indeed. One would think they'd have found the vid to be troubling before it went viral on the internet. It would appear that bad publicity is a sharp too to focus the minds of officials. I am not sure of the circumstances of the release of the bodycam vid. i.e., was it leaked? Was it released in response to a specific inquiry? (Perhaps from the hospital or their lawyers?