If I were to be in that position (which I wouldn’t be, I know my limitations as I get older) I’d probably fall down too. Not as nimble as I used to be.
My point exactly. No offence to you intended, but a 75 year old man who is ‘threatening’ to take someone to court is not an immediate physical threat to 20-50 well armed, physically fit cops.
The correct response of the cops to this older man should have been more like, “Excuse me, we have work to do.”
Knocking him off balance was not needed.
Also, if you or I had done that to the old man then the very same cops would arrest us right after they beat the sh!t out of us.