Usdk wrote:
I haven't watched the video because I'm not disagreeing with you that in that particular case, it could be brutality in every sense of the word.
"Ignorance is strength."
Usdk wrote:
But I don't jump to the conclusion that it is brutality every single time force is used.
Use of force is by definition an extreme measure. The burden of proof that it is justified lays with the offending party.
Violence is brutality until proven otherwise.
Usdk wrote:
"Force is never justified, therefore their use of force is brutality."
Do you hold the protestors to that standard? What threshold do you set for justification of violence by protestors?
Jubbergun wrote:
That's fine, but there are those other than 'foreign news networks' who do have a vested interested in slanting the story. Do you think the police shot that footage? If not, who did? What are that person's goals/motivations? Is the video edited in any way? Are there things not shown in the video that are a factor?
This is a case of "see sig".
"Oh, well, we can't know
everything, so we can't really know
anything, so I'm just going to disregard the available facts and evidence despite having no basis on which to doubt their authenticity and go off and believe whatever I want."