Excessive force? Or the bastard deserved it?

[wacki]

This man was "arrested on suspicion of using violence or threats to prevent an officer from performing his duty and was charged with two counts of resisting arrest". I don't know what that means but it sounds like a loud mouthed protester.

Full story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-beating110906,0,2761547.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Video of cops beating dude while he's saying "i can't breath":
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GVW5_PJHzR4

Yes this is a serious question as the comments seem to be pretty split on other news sources.