re: 75 year old man pushed to the ground by police

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I’ve watched a few times now and feel the cop was a jerk.

I initially thought maybe he felt threatened from a possible reach, but nah. He was just pushing him out of the way and it went badly.

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Of course he was a jerk, do you not see what is going on? The police alerted that they were creating a line and pushing it forward. The old man came in and tried to argue or otherwise break their line up.

This is exactly why the police that pushed him kept moving forward, their goal was to hold a line. You let the people behind the front line deal with anyone that falls down. They weren't being jerks, they were following orders.