Do take not that the police beat the man to within an inch of his life for no reason. Did you see the video of what they did to him when he was caught on the ground in handcuffs. They kicked him in the head repeatedly. They punched him and beat him with sticks while he was cuffed on the ground. I don't care what crime that man committed it is not the job of police to beat someone once they are subdued.
How does having a criminal record justify getting shot or beaten unnecessarily. That is like saying a convicted rapist lives across the street and if he ever gets arrested he should be beaten to death because of what he did in the past? I have been stopped numerous times and harassed in multiple states. No record here either. I knew multiple friends in the town I grew up in who were harassed, beaten, shot and 1 even raped by a police officer. A few reported it and it resulted in them being picked on worse and tormented.