Hey everyone, I've missed about 10 pages of this because I've been out of town. I've been critical of those immediately pointing the finger at the skaters from the start simply because I hadn't seen any evidence proving this.
I have gotten shit for this and a few days ago I saw security video footage that showed the guard making the first attack. But today I saw the security footage uncut:
https://twitter.com/nbcjeanelle/status/1081003009847418882The clip shows the guard taking a skater's board and the skater lunging at him (which I assume was to reach to grab his board back), but it turns out looking more like the first act of a physical attack on another human.
My outlook on this has changed unless I see other video evidence showing the guard making the first attempt at a physical attack on someone else.
Thanks to those of you on here who responded to my views with insight instead of hate or claiming I had some motive for how I was seeing things. I just want to see the evidence before making a decision, which I think is pretty logical.
If it hasn't already been shared in here, this article by Jenkem should be re read by us often:
http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2016/12/19/the-skateboarders-guide-to-getting-arrested/I feel bad for everyone involved in this. I think we can all collectively agree we don't go out skateboarding with the intention of it creating violence.