This opinion post is related to the poll:
David Snyder, the poor beaten councilman, is obviously a key character in this ridiculous saga. It is obvious that the other two members of the council and the police forces have accumulated a fair amount of resentment against him. Just by looking at the video of the September incident, it is unclear what he might have done to upset others, but the recent incident is only the last one in a series.
Whatever his faults may be, it still doesn't excuse an officer in uniform, representing Law and Order, to take law onto his own hands and assault Snyder when it was absolutely gratuitous to do so.