Has there been any discussion of this...?

[bliss_eternal]

(cut and paste from my attempt to start a thread about this in GD):

Anyone as disturbed by this as me?

FBI Investigates Violent LAPD Arrest
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Two Los Angeles police officers were under investigation day for allegedly beating a man during a "disturbing"
videotaped arrest in Hollywood in August, police Chief William Bratton said.

The video, posted on the popular YouTube Web site, shows Officer Alexander Schlegel holding down William Cardenas, 23, as Officer Patrick Farrell places his knee on the man's neck and punches his face with a fist six
times during the Aug. 11 scuffle near the intersection of Gordon Street and Fountain Avenue.

Cardenas is seen struggling with the officers while lying on his back, trying to yell, "I can't breathe."

"There's no denying that the video is disturbing," Bratton said during a news conference at the Los Angeles Police Department's downtown dispatch center.

"But as to whether the actions of the officers were appropriate in light of what they were experiencing and the totality of the circumstances is what the investigation will determine," he said

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taken from:
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_313135950.html

I hope it's alright that I post this here. I was so upset by this video...:cry::scared: I haven't been able to find any threads or discussions of this. If there is/was one, I apologize for starting another discussion.

This smacks of the Rodney King incident, with the exception of the fact that they weren't holding Rodney King down they way they are holding Cardenas down in the video. The level of violence just seems so primal and raw. I don't care what crime Cardenas is allegedly guilty of committing, he is a human being and did not deserve such treatment...at all.

Any thoughts? :hi: