Altercation in Downtown Boise

     It was a weekend on the corner of 6th and Main in Downtown Boise. While observing the standard routine of officers arresting aggressive drunk people at China Blue, a local Nightclub. A feeling in my gut told me that I needed to use the camera on my cell phone. I was not able to hear the situation all that well due to a group of Mexican Men shouting "Get the White Guy!" One gentleman wearing a light blue shirt was initially being pushed by Police for being too close. As the man stood next to the intersection fuse box, I could observe him pointing to a group of officers in anger; a gesture that did not present a clear and present danger to the officer involved. The Officer then appeared to lunge for the man in the light blue shirt in order to take him down. Although understanding certain situations call for an arrest/use of force; see the officer did not appear to be in clear and present danger with the gesture the man took.

Mark Reinhardt, Idaho Calling