I’m sure it went down without the criminal doing anything. Just the way for the news to turn the criminal into a victim.
Just like how no one really saw what happened before the camera turned on and caught the Rodney King beating. He was stopped after running from the cops, resisting arrest, trying to grab their weapons, then the camera went on.
Point being, you see the cop hitting the guy and putting him into the cruiser, doesn’t mean it wasn’t warranted.