How the hell do you know, were you there?
I'll reserve judgment until the story develops more. What I won't do is jump to conclusions because I want to for political pissing contest reasons.
If you are involved in criminal activity and disobey the police, don't piss and whine when you get your speen broken. I've encountered the police on several occasions. When they told me to disperse - I fucking dispersed.
... and I still have my spleen.
Go figure.
You arent reserving judgement you are automatically siding with the cops.
The fuck I am.
I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. Consider the position they're in. Dealing with a mob hell bent on shutting down the 5th largest port in the US.
I get pretty fucking tired of you knee jerk liberals crying wolf every time a cop does his job. You think this guy, part of a fucking mob maybe on the verge of a riot was lawfully dispersing? Like you, I wasn't there but the likely case is that this guy was continuing to disturb the police. Mob mentality. You think cops have nothing better to do when dealing with a mob than to pick out someone who is legally dispersing and kick his ass?
That's fucking bullshit, it's a slap in the face to law enforcement - to immediately take the side of a liberal douchewad because you're one yourself.
Again, I don't know all the facts but the picture you're painting is fucking ridiculous. If these cops did what you're suggesting they did then yeah, they should be prosecuted - but you are showing zero objectivity in this matter simply because you want to believe what you want to believe and damn the facts, whatever they really are.