“He was trying to tell them that he was a doctor and probably trying to tell him who he was, to be honest. And they were screaming that they did not effing care who he was,” she said. “And the next thing I knew, they had him on the ground, grabbed him by the shirt, threw him on the ground, face first into the concrete and had him in cuffs.”

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    The absolute hubris of those officers to show up to a scene without a damned clue as to what’s going on and take over. If they haven’t already, they’re gonna get someone killed.

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      there was a study about natural disasters that concluded letting people involved in the problem resolve it was best, outside authority bogged down decision making and their need to establish control over providing support was detrimental to the situation