I just pointed out an error in their article, you using it to back up your argument, and why people are often times cuffed after tasing or a shooting.
No problem at all with him being cuffed after being tased, that's a rather reasonable policy. If you have to use your taser on someone then by definition they are not being compliant so handcuffing them is a precaution that protects both the officer
and the civilian.
Show me one policy in which it stats that it is ok to drag a handcuffed person, who is seemingly unresponsive at the time, by their arms to that their head is roughly at the officers waist and then toss him face first into the concrete.
The officer didn't just let go as if he dropped him. He gave the kid a little toss straight into the concrete. I don't want anyway to say "throw" because the other side will jump all over it but, and we can't "know" that this was his intent, he ensured that the kids face would impact the concrete with absolutely zero way to protect himself. That is exactly how I would drop a roll of roofing material or shingles on a roof not a freaking human being ever and damn sure not one with no way to protect themselves while also seemingly being unresponsive. I'll even give the officer the benefit of the doubt on the unresponsive part seeing how stubborn the kid was being. And damn, you can hear the thud when the kid hits and he immediately starts moaning, video doesn't run much longer but I personally would have immediately been "oh fuck are you ok" whereas the officer just drags the kid towards him and goes on like everything is normal. I get that he still has to check the kid for weapons and stuff but is a little human decency, even when dealing with asshole and stubborn kids like this, really too much to ask?
I will say it again, what is truly fucked up is that this officer was found guilty
only because he failed to drag the kid a few extra steps. I will bet a weeks pay that around the country other officers are looking at this and saying "this is why you make sure that you walk out of frame before you do stuff like this" more than "don't do fucked up shit like this".
I would also love to know the exact reasons why the locals thought this behavior was A-ok. There has to be a report somewhere about their investigation, is it public or can it be made public? I am assuming that when they investigate the actions of an officer that they list the reasons why his actions are within policy, law and basic human decency. Ok, maybe I'm asking a lot on the last one but at least the first two.