Reply #95: He was not assaulted, he did the assaulting.

[ManiacJoe]

He did lunge. The police swarmed him, took him to the ground with minimal violence, then apparently sent him to the hospital for treatment of his leg. This is all very clear from the video. At this point he was no longer a peaceful man and got treated exactly like any violent man should have been.

Prior to his lunging, he was very peaceful and very in the right; and the cops were very in the wrong. Then the Reverend "lost his mind" and got the prescribed response anyone would expect.

Had the Reverend gone peacefully with the cops, or at least peacefully refused to go, he would have gotten lots of mileage out of this. The correct response the Reverend should have used was to get a higher ranking officer to correct the junior officer's mistake. Unfortunately he chose otherwise.

I have no quibble with his injuries. I would have been surprised if he had none. Ankles, elbows, and shoulders are expected injuries in these type of actions.