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Yes, no procedures can preempt all real-life scenarios completely.

And yes, the procedures regulating use of force by police certainly did result in totally unfair blaming or even convictions of cops who properly applied restraint on aggressive and rich people on speed or cocaine or alcohol, but their lawyers were able to turn that from heels to head.

But no, in these particular cases that triggered the current protests this was systematic and evident abuse of force.