In the course of one thread, there's now a series of sequential arguments from several different commenters progressing from:
"A lot of these videos don't show anything wrong", to
"Well, here's at least two videos that show nothing wrong", to
"Okay, the video looks bad, but the full context probably justifies it", to
"Sure it was wrong, but keep in mind that in a stressful situation everybody makes mistakes".
I'm eager to see how these arguments continue to evolve once comments move away from isolated video clips and into the territory of police departments lying about video footage[0], or 57 other officers resigning in protest over basic disciplinary actions[1].
The union said the officers resigned in support of their peers. Two officers have said they actually resigned because the union refused any legal aid. Further the same officers said that many of those who resigned do not in fact support the suspended officers.
"A lot of these videos don't show anything wrong", to
"Well, here's at least two videos that show nothing wrong", to
"Okay, the video looks bad, but the full context probably justifies it", to
"Sure it was wrong, but keep in mind that in a stressful situation everybody makes mistakes".
I'm eager to see how these arguments continue to evolve once comments move away from isolated video clips and into the territory of police departments lying about video footage[0], or 57 other officers resigning in protest over basic disciplinary actions[1].
[0]: https://www.newsweek.com/buffalo-mayor-acknowledges-mistake-...
[1]: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/us/buffalo-police-suspension-...