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I've seen this apparently happen in a few videos but we don't know what transpired before filming. It's entirely possible that the officer and civilian met somewhere else 5 min earlier and the civilian was asked to go home.

That being said, I am 100% sure that what you are describing also happens, but I'm not so easily convinced that this is the vast majority of the cases captured on video.

For every murder, robbery, rape, etc. that has resulted in a conviction in the USA, there have been policemen involved to arrest and apprehend the criminals. In all of these instances the police have done their jobs and protected innocent civilians from dangerous criminals.

In many other cases, police officers have apparently abused their power and used excessive force on civilians, resulting in all kinds of trauma and often death.

This latter group is either unfit to do the job properly, or has made serious mistakes, or has intentionally inflicted harm on the public.

It feels like the conversation in the USA is being exaggerated to depict all police as brutish thugs with no regard for the welfare of the communities they are sworn to protect. That ironically is the same type of bigotry that many accuse the police of displaying towards some groups.