Protesters being moved

[king1]

Have another look - prior to his being on the ground, about 5 seconds in. He can clearly be seen hitting a cop from behind.

I see him grabbing a cop, not hitting him, he was unarmed and fairly frail I would expect.
It appears he was trying to protect the woman on the ground that was being beaten.
They could have just pushed him back with his shield, no need to give him blows to the head, it lookes like he was knocked out cold. Very upsetting to watch.

From the perspective that he shouldn't have been at the protests in the first place after being give significant amount of time to leave...
and then from the perspective that he was obviously old and frail...
and then from the perspective that he was on the front line of the protest where police were operating...
and then from the perspective that he grabbed (or hit, depending on point of view) a policeman in the middle of what was basically a riot...
No-one, including the old man, should be surprised by what happened.

Saying he should have been given special treatment and consideration just doesn't cut it in the middle of a riot...