They obviously were intent on getting him for something even as they continued to run into dead ends.
The body cam footage is infuriating: https://www.kcci.com/article/watch-newton-man-says-police-wr...
The body cam footage is infuriating: https://www.kcci.com/article/watch-newton-man-says-police-wr...
Video of the news segment on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvokfzXjRY
And the body cam footage:
* the officer did not beat the suspect
* he used polite language
* nothing untoward seems to have happened
Note: I am referring to the "body cam footage", as you indicated, not the news report itself, or the overall circumstances.
The circumstances I can understand generation of fury. Just not the footage taken by itself.
The officer sticking to his original, faulty and increasingly untenable hypothesis is frustrating to watch--it's stupidity and stubbornness from a position of power.
Wow, we’ve really set the bar for law enforcement low. “Sure, he’s arresting a guy who obviously hasn’t committed a crime, but it’s not like he beat the guy up.”