I don’t see that the religion of the people involved is a factor here, and I would think that people on both sides of the argument on DIYnot can see that, having seen more of the incident with the new footage.
Personally I think the violence shown towards the police is completely unacceptable. The police have a very difficult job at the best of times and no one should go to work and have that happen to them.
I can see why some are upset by the kicks, but tasers are not 100% effective at incapacitating people. Perhaps the officer feared the guy was about to get up and wanted to be sure of preventing that to protect him and his colleagues.
Perhaps the officer was just angry after being assaulted and primal instincts took over.
Lots of “perhaps” there because only one person knows what he was thinking. It easy to judge from the comfort of your armchair, not in the split second of the heat of the moment. All well and good to talk about training, etc but as Mike Tyson said: “Everyone has a plan until you’re punched in the mouth”.
Either way, the strong arm tactics of that policeman subdued the two attackers that had been, and may have continued, to resist arrest.
For the people saying, what if it was you family member on the floor, I would say that if that was the case then my family member fully deserved a couple of swift kicks to the head for that behaviour. I would hope my family member and their mates might think twice before resisting arrest or assaulting police offices in the future.
I am personally also pleased to see the office pepper spray the bystanders that are antagonising these sorts of situations. I’d like to see more of that please.