Originally Posted by
prathmann
I think one of the reasons for that is that they're perceived to back each other up even if one of them has made a mistake. There were quite a few cops at the scene in the video. If the 'heat of the moment' got to one of them then one of the others could have pulled him aside and calmed him down. But none of them did that and the situation escalated.
Yeah but your coming at this from one side, had the guy just minded his own business and walked on by nothing would have ever happend. (not saying that to justify what the cops did) Do I think the cops should have treated the situation differently yes, but I wasn't there and I'm not them, I'm more or less generalizing the view of cops.