By the way they fire a rubber bullet at him. Not like anything lethal.

That's usually how I handle a naked man on PCP.

Farhad, I think I've seen this used as training footage somewhere, but my memory's not great. I'm relatively sure that they used a bean bag launcher. At any rate, I'm almost positive it's not a rubber bullet, the impact from a rubber bullet wouldn't have knocked him down like that.

This was a pretty darn good takedown, all things considered. Things to keep in mind:
1. The prisoner was hopped up on PCP.
2. The prisoner was probably wet and slippery, and same with the floor. If you notice the bucket, the rag is on the floor. The guy probably doused himself to try to cool himself down (a side effect of the PCP).
3. The team must have been trying to do this as close to perfect as possible, because they obviously had the time to plan their takedown out, and so were very aware of the cameras recording their every step.

As much as it might seem that there are WAY too many officers (well, maybe there are a few too many), a slippery naked man hopped up on PCP on a slippery floor doesn't make for an easy capture, especially when they have to worry about the lawsuits if they screw up.

i think thats one of the bean bag guns, to be more specific; http://arizona.indymedia.org/uploads/11swat_beanbag_gun.jpg , i've heard of them being used more frequently in areas with drug abuse problems. probably break a few ribs if you take it to the chest close-range like this guy.

rembar; you and me, we should hang out (maybe farhad can come along, ... maybe)

I meant a bean bag, I just forgot the name for it so I ended up putting rubberized bullet.

Honestly I think people in law enforcement get a bad rap in general, am not saying that abuse doesn't take place. But one needs to understand that law enforcement is a dangerous and stressful profession. Protocols are put in place to guarantee the safety of everyone involved. But just like any profession there are abuses.

But generally people's reaction is so black and white, because if one cop did it all other cops are assholes. I just hate it when people adopt a everyone-in-law-enforcement-is-a-dick-type view over the actions of people in Rodney King case or other clips available online.

I mean you don't assume every priest is a child molester just because some are, right?

Farhad, your voice of reason brings hope to my cold, frigid heart.

And yes, bamdrew, that should happen. Just....no shooting bean bag, ok?

That naked dance the sped-up video makes him look like he's doing had me cracking up.

This is like some bizarro world version of those old film clips of hippies piling into telephone booths and VW Beetles.

The word Pwned does not begin to describe the amount of pwnation this man just took to the face.

I looked up the word OVERKILL in the dictionary and found this clip!

Is that some kind of happy dance??
The download ver sped up x2 is pretty damn funny!

How exactly does a *prisoner* get ahold of [...Wikipedia visit...] phenylcyclohexylpiperidine?

you would be surprised what people can sneak into a locked facility!

I'm pretty sure the riot police routine was required to stop him from breaking into a flashdance number.

In reference to your question ReverendTed: probably via someones ass crack.

wish there was audio for this.

would have like to have heard the officers saying 1-2-step and such. all told it looked like a pretty mellow take down for a hopped up naked dood that probably was covered in god knows what kind of fluids. i sure wouldn't have wanted to have to touch him after he was doing the papa smurf dance.

kudos to the guards on this one.

although i have witnessed and experienced guards that are complete dicks that take out all their built up childhood issues on helpless drug users. then again i see that at the late night pizza line too.

as farhad said people need to react to each cop as a person, cause that's all they are. i know when i was arrested the cop was very cool, not a dick at all.