No, they started lining up in formation. You think no one anywhere noticed they were doing that?
They started advancing from the far end of the street. You think no one anywhere noticed they were coming?
I would hazard a guess that this old man, saw those officers, and knew they were coming, for 20 minutes before they got to him.
I would have been off that street, before those officers finished lining up.
He should have been LONG GONE before those officers ever made it to him.
When I see a police car, or an ambulance, or a firetruck with it's lights on, flying toward me.... do I wait until I'm 5 seconds from crashing into them? No, I GET OUT OF THE WAY before they ever reach where I am at.
When you see riot police.... GO HOME. GET OUT OF THE WAY. Stop being an idiot, and crying when bad things happen to you.