It’s easily possible that the cop engineered the whole thing by standing in a strategic spot knowing full well that Mr. Safarihat was going to walk right into him. Cop was still standing still at the time of the bumpage.
Also, I’m from the US, so I was floored by how polite the arrest was. Cop #1 was downright passive-aggressive about it. Down here that move of saying “What are you talking about? How am I under arrest?” combined with physical resistance meets with at the bare minimum getting slammed against the car and your arms manhandled around behind your back. Usually you get thrown face-down on the pavement with a bunch of people on top of you too.
I’m not saying it should to be that way, that’s just what I’ve observed. Up in Canada they literally let go of him for a while and had a whole conversation with him about it during while he got to keep his microphone in hand and wave it around at them.
mo_ztt@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah. You’re supposed to be aggressive as a journalist; you don’t have to be nice. But everyone was fine with him being in her face and asking questions; that’s his job. Then when he entered a physical contest with the cop to try to get where he was going, oh look! It became an issue.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Treat a cop badly and he might screw up your day… not surprising.