WOw, this is really disappointing. I was expecting a Rodney King style beat down and got ... well, nothing that I could really describe as brutality. Here's what we know for a fact as we can see it on the video.
<ul type="square">[*]Police deny the rev immediate access to the hearing but tell him that he needs to go to the back of the line.[*]Rev says no, I already waited through the line, I am in line, let me in.[*]Policeman says, you are not in line, go to the back of the line.[*]"Everybody says I was in line. I have a right as a citizen to be in line." etc. [*]Policaman gives him an ultimatum. Go to the back of the line or leave or you will be arrested.[*]More arguing with rev getting louder.[*]Police attempt to escort rev out of the building.[*]Rev makes a Ladamian Tomlinson style dive for the doorway. Police defensive line holds up and takes rev down.[*]Rev is subdued, not pepper sprayed, not tased.[*]Police try to get rev up and he says "my leg is broken"[*]Police call for a wheelchair.[/list]To be blunt, of course the rev is going to make this into a bigger deal (i.e. conspiracy) than it was. Once the argument got going, I don't see any real other choice the police had. They handled it remarkably well, first trying to de-escalate the issue, offering the rev the option of returning to the back of the line, trying to reason with him, trying to convince him to leave or go to the back of the line.