I'm not defending the media. No doubt they twist things up more often then not. However, they did go to an expert. Is the chief of police not an expert on these matters? Is having Internal Affairs officer view the tape and the filed report not going to an expert? Following up afterwards by a second story with another expert that made a weak defense of the first slam and no defense of the second. I believe several experts have viewed this and none of them have given a coherent excusable reason for this use of force.
When video surfaces of a flash mob breaking out and running through stores, should we reserve judgment as maybe these youths were running into the store for a good reason? Sometimes, the video evidence is exactly what it looks like. This guy did not lay hands on anyone. He used his words. The officer should've done the same. He deserves to lose his job over this. Isn't it illegal to make false statements in an official police report?
