So… what the context? Why did he punch her? Why did they come back mob handed to drag her out of there? I hate videos that only start with the assault, but nothing that leads up to it.

In Germany, police are held to a high standard because their education is comparatively rigorous. That was not crowd control or de-escalation, it was police brutality. What preceded this is not entirely relevant to the officer’s action.

Context will always matter, and no amount of “only a fascist would say that” is going to make that not true.

I mentioned nothing about fascism. I agree context matters, especially involving police escalations. But I also believe that there is a line police should not cross, especially when they train for years.

You didnt, others who agree with you did. Context matters, theres no * on that. It matters. Videos that start with the incident, but not that build up, are selling you outrage. Even if its totally what it appears to be, police brutality, we still need to see the context of WHY the police acted like that. Was it something she said? Something she did or didnt do? Was it someone else, and they made a mistake zeroing in on her? Who the fuck knows, because the video only wants to get you all rage baited and clicking.

The idea of being pissed off at me for wanting more information, is fucking weird and everything that is wrong with the internet.

I’m not pissed off, though? I just know police in Germany train for much longer than in the US and in other countries. So, even if I had context that the woman punched an officer, for example, I still think it’s police brutality for the officer to punch her.

There are more efficient ways to de-escalate or to subdue than to punch someone, especially since there were multiple officers with armor equipped.

Again, you may not be. But others sure as fuck are.

But, lets play your game. Someone spits in your face. What do you do? Someone has a weapon. What do you do? Someone grabs your dick/your girlfriends pussy. What do you do? If the answer to any of these isnt “punch them in the fucking face”, I really dont know what to tell you.

I am not an Officer of the Law. I hold police to higher standards than I do regular people because of their training. I really don’t know what to tell you.