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Right At The End...
As we have seen from the comments, this is the type of officer that gives police a bad name. Hopefully the good ones will put pressure on bullies like this as much as anyone else to stop as they give all police a bad name. You don't see or notice the ones who quietly handle the situation, just assume they are in-between bullying.
I think the closing comment by the police officer is very telling... Asking if that camera was on, obviously about to start threatening if it was. If he thought what he did was okay, why would he worry about that? Because he knew he used too much force, blew an incident up out of proportion, and was using his age, size, and badge to intimidate a kid. 14, for Pete's Sake. And not a foul mouthed, punk thief. A clean cut scateboarder. Sure the kid should have answered quickly and not back-talked, but he didn't insult the cop. He called him 'dude'. A littl disrespectful, but is that all it takes to have your property siezed and have yourself bullied and thrown to the ground.
Kudos tlo whoever managed to quietly tape it. Lots of nerve but hopefuly it gets this officer suspended - without pay - and sent t some anger management classes. Obviously he has far more issues than the kid does.