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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watching this video was hard, but a few things struck me:

1) From the first seconds of the traffic stop, these cops did everything possible to escalate the situation. They approached him like they thought he had a kidnap victim in his trunk, rather than him being guilty of, at worst, reckless driving. How differently would this have ended if they'd simply asked for his license and registration, and then given him a ticket and sent him on his way? These guys were looking for a fight.

2) If the cops weren't wearing police uniforms, there would have been nothing to indicate that they were trained, professional law enforcement officers. This looked like a road rage incident, where a bunch of guys with anger management issues lost it and beat up a guy for cutting them off in traffic.

3)  There never seemed to be anyone in charge of the situation. At no point did a sergeant or supervisor show up to take control of the incident, and to make sure things didn't get out of control. This was just a bunch of guys yelling at the victim, taking turns beating him, then milling around afterwards with no indication that they were doing anything police related.

The level of incompetency, lack of training and brutality here was just shocking.

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This is a good description. The cops apparently were members of a “jump out” squad. Such squads present yet another policy issue — should the police be verging on if not crossing the line between “aggressive” patrol and outright street fighting. I mean generally, not in this pparticular case. [/quote]

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