That's some scary shit...you couldn't pay me enough to work with that type of acid, double gloved or not.

or, the old guy had knuckle dusters in his gloves....

likely

Oh man, that moment when the board starts to wiggle.. Scary feeling and you can't stop that vibration once it starts, you know it's bail time.

I had to once bail from 50km/h back in the eighties, the moment my feet touched the ground on that speed, man... I took two strides and went over ten meters with each and they HURT, "BLAM, BLAM".. But staid upright, small scrapes from tunnel wall and very very sore soles. Didn't go for top speed after that one. Speed was measured as there were a very busy roadway parallel and the minimum speed is 50km/h in that point, usually more.. And we were passing cars... No helmets, no kneepads, just fingerless gloves, t-shirt and jeans. It is a small miracle i'm still alive.

When I was a kid, I played on a baseball team with a kid that only had 1 hand. He would have to bat with 1 arm, and when catching the ball, he would have to quickly pull his glove off with his chin, grab the ball out of the glove, and throw.

He struggled with the game, but never gave up. Made it real easy for us to pull for him. Inspired the rest of the team, especially when he cranked a few hits into the outfield.

It's worth mentioning that this kind of thing is the reason larger gloves were adopted in professional boxing. The extra weight of the glove give punches more of an impact and the power to really knock someone out, whereas with lighter gloves, seen here, repeated punches to the head wouldn't necessarily get the job done (and just resulted in brutal, prolonged beatings).

*promote

I wonder if they add the glove-impact sounds in after the fact.

I think we can owe the quick knockdowns to thinner gloves in the era, but it's interesting to me how less built and physically-extreme the athletes are while still seeming nearly as fast and agile as athletes today.

No. That's simply wrong.
Cops MAY need to use more force than they are met with, they certainly do NOT need to escalate to violence every time they take someone into custody (as your post suggests)...if they did, why didn't they beat up and/or shoot the Governor of Texas?!?
There's a huge range of action they can take between doing nothing and using overwhelming deadly force. Cops that think they should use the maximum amount of force possible, to 'protect themselves' should not be cops, those are cowardly bullies with immunity and guns.
If the proper thing is to use the most force possible, why are cops given pepper spray, tasers, batons, hand to hand combat training, radios, Kevlar gloves, etc. ? In this instance, ANY of those could have been tried before shooting someone retreating, surrendering, and far enough away for any of them to be tried.
From my viewpoint, this was likely more about the cop being pissed he was ignored when he told them to stop than any fear he had of two youths that were leaving the scene, and about them 'respecting his authoratah'. That's not an acceptable reason to shoot a person....even if they're black.
For you, as a cop, to claim you should always be MORE violent than your suspect means YOU are the violent criminal (or at best, an advocate for being violently criminal)...so perhaps a cop needs to come to your home based on an anonymous tip and shoot you in the head?!?...why would you say not?...you're armed and angry and advocating deadly violence!
Cops are supposed to DE-escalate violent situations, not aggravate and escalate them. It's not just sad but frightening to hear you, a self professed long term cop, to say the exact opposite. Once again I'll ask, where are you located. If you are representative of the police there, I truly want to avoid your stomping grounds.
To me, your stance means I should meet officers with deadly force, because if they decide they 'fear' me, they'll use deadly force on me without hesitation, so killing them first is always self defense. I don't think you thought it through to conclusion saying they should always be MORE violent.

Now I want the behind-the-scenes discussion of Wynona Ryder drinking space vodka while wearing boxing gloves...

And for the individual awards for those that are interested.

Golden Ball: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Golden Glove: Manuel Neuer (Germany)
Golden Boot: James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Young Player Award: Paul Pogba (France)
FIFA Fair Play Award: Colombia

Like a glove!

He's not holding the tubes, they are attached to a wooden stock & fore grip. Worst he'd get is maybe a nastyish burn & he is wearing gloves which would help a lot.

They are Roman candles not high explosives, people blow off hands and fingers because they are physically holding them thus making their hands the chamber to to a small bomb. These guys actually demonstrated a decent degree of foresight and awareness. He's wearing safety goggles and everything .

Don't get me wrong short sleeves are maybe not ideal but compared to what many idiots do this seems relatively safe (& awesome).

it's also what happens when you pick it up with bare hands, hence the gloves.

They have to follow laws because we all do. They make the road work.
Cyclists don't see everything, and allowing them to run lights and stop signs would cause far more accidents, because they would often not see the already moving traffic and get hit or cause the other drivers to have an accident.
I used to ride over 30 miles a day, and following the rules of the road helped me avoid many an accident.
These drivers were a good example of why one should wear spiked riding gloves...both to protect your hands when you're hit and to punch through windows to get the attention of stupid inattentive drivers.

Hmm, maybe he was let off because he said; "Officer, I have a concealed weapon in the glove box." "oh, ok," says the officer. And, whilst weighing up that information, he was confronted with the; "I'm a bad m/fucker" wallet. It's possible that the cop - when at the back of the car - was thinking hard about the consequences of giving the guy a ticket. What would you have done?