And rightfully so. This man would have been alive now if this would have been Dutch law enforcement, same goes for probably any other well developed country with a strong rule of law. Truth simply is, law enforcement in America is extremely messed up. Now don't get me wrong, incidents happen everywhere, but the fact that this video is used as a means to justify the behaviour of these cops, is just laughably fucked up. Can't believe this isn't in any way worrisome to you as a citizen of that country.
It isn't any less worrisome to him, most likely, if he really thought about it. He's defending it because he sees it as a "us vs them" setting. He has to stand up for his team. His team being America, and the opposite team being evil Europeans.
In fact, here's some science behind it:
"Dr Drew Westen of Emory University (author of "The Political Brain") ran an interesting experiment where he took individuals -- who identified themselves as either liberal or conservative -- and put them into an MRI machine. The MRI was focused on their brains. Westen then proceeded to ask them political questions.
Interestingly enough, in both groups the part of the brain showed activity was NOT the rational, but rather the emotional parts (limbic system). There it was on the screen. That part of their brain is active, not the other part.
What is of equal interest is while these groups were diametrically opposed in political views, they both exhibited the same behavior patterns -- especially when it came to bias. For example they were extremely condemning of the opposition candidate for wrong doing and equally overly-forgiving when their candidate did the exact same thing. In neither case did the punishment fit the 'crime.'
Here's the real kicker. Despite the researchers looking at the physical proof that these people were being emotional, not logical, the participants ALL swore that they were being logical and reasonable in their 'thinking.' (News release)."
