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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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The bodycam footage does not show the cop kicking his face very well and honestly the POV footage might be worse.
Most of the comments on Reddit are praising the cops for not instantly drawing their gun and executing a black man because America is apparently now the gold standard for policing. The "terrorist attack" angle is being mentioned as justification as well but that was concluded false. It was a mentally ill man who was released from a mental ward a few days earlier.
In the end a lot of the conclusions are being done in hindsight and used to justify attacking Zack Polanski. Zack called out what initially seemed a pretty egrigious use of force against the mentally ill man and probably still is. I think it is good someone tried to question whether the cops kicking the man in the face multiple time in a life-threatening way was actually an effective way to arrest him.
Also are the cops tasering the man after they put the cuffs on or what is that sound?