Of course I watch the news.
If I'd been the fella that got knocked to the ground, I'd have gone nowhere near the copper in full riot gear, so it wouldn't have happened. I like my rights, but I'm usually sensible enough to know when to relinquish them for the sake of my health.
And he died of a heart attack, 10 minutes after being pushed over. Which is a rather different complexion to what you just wrote. Which rather shows how things can be misinterpreted.