Guard Pushes Man Off Roof For Throwing Bricks At Cars Below

From Youku & NetEase:

Man on roof throws bricks onto cars below, security guard pushes him off the building

A copy on YouTube:

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The video shows what happened from multiple angles.

The narrator says that this happened around 2 o’clock in the afternoon of April 25th, that the man was “seeking justice” and began throwing bricks from the second floor of a building. The neighborhood security and police rushed to the scene and began trying to persuade the man on the roof to stop. Two hours later when efforts to persuade the man had no effect, the fire department inflated an air rescue cushion (aka jump cushion) below. The neighborhood security guard then, under instructions from the police, pushed the man off the edge of the building’s roof where the man then fell down onto the edge of the jump cushion. Police then apprehended the man and the matter is case is currently under investigation.

If you’re curious about the background music, it is called “Tan Te” and was #6 of Youku’s Top 10 Online Videos for 2010.

Comments from NetEase:

网易广东省深圳市网友:

Why is it the security guard pushing the person under the instruction of the police…? Can it be understood this way… that if the person died, it would be the security guard’s responsibility… but if the person doesn’t die, then it would be because of the police’s successful instruction… is that it??

网易北京市网友:

This is very key, the police is too cunning. Watching the video, it is clear that the police could’ve handcuffed him and taken him away, yet they risk the security guard!

网易上海市嘉定区网友:

Very strange, what I don’t understand is why with so many people on the ground there is only one security guard on top. They have the time to lay out an inflatable cushion, but no time to go up to the roof.

网易黑龙江省哈尔滨市网友:

Had the security guard pushed a little harder, then he would’ve pushed the brick-throwing man outside of the inflatable rescue cushion. Is a person’s life less important than several lousy cars? The security guard wasn’t capable of finding two people to press the man to the floor to stop him and wait for the police to deal with him?

网易福建省网友:

I’m unable to understand this. Smashing cars is definitely wrong, but the way the situation was handled in the video was inappropriate too. Were the police and firefighters unable to subdue someone holding a brick in their hand? And pushing him down was the only way of subduing him?

网易山东省济宁市网友:

Support the security guard.

网易山东省滨州市网友:

I think the security guard dealt with the situation well this time. However, author [the person who uploaded the video], your title is really bad~

网易江苏省苏州市网友:

How come he didn’t die from his fall? You seek justice, then take your brick and go find the person you need to smash, why smash other people’s cars, those car owners didn’t do anything to you.

网易广西桂林市网友:

If there wasn’t a video, and the person who fell off the building had an accident, coupled with this author’s [uploader’s] disgusting report, I bet that security guard could jump into the Yellow River and still not be able to clear his name. This is China’s sadness.

网易上海市闵行区网友:

I don’t understand, can they not forcibly subdue him on the roof? It looks like there many opportunities…

网易北京市网友:

The security guard really deserves admiration, he handled the matter very well.

网易浙江省金华市网友:

If it really was under police orders, then the police have broken the law. No matter under what circumstances, this kind of decision puts the people involved potentially in harm’s way. You can see this in the video, he barely lands on the edge of the cushion, but what if he was slightly off just a bit more? Who would bear the responsibility for that result? What more, the victim was only smashing cars with bricks, did the police not have any other methods?

What do you think? About how the situation was handled? Do you think it was a good idea? A bad idea?