"If that had been done we wouldn't have had that continuous melee of baton blows," he asserted.

Mr. Wind, who was in training with Officer Powell, is shown on the tape delivering about 15 baton blows and several kicks.

Mr. Nowicki's testimony gave jurors a possible explanation of why the officers' baton blows and kicks continued for 82 seconds.

The prosecution has been hard pressed to show that Mr. King's head injuries were caused by baton blows.

Officer Powell is seen on the videotape responding to the movement with the first baton blow struck against Mr. King.

Almost every one of the more than 51 baton blows has been subjected to contrasting explication.

Police refused to say whether the postmortem had revealed any marks on Tomlinson's head or body from a baton blow.

A hand closed round each of Steve's arms but this time there was no baton blow in the small of the back.

Officer Powell, who is shown on the videotape delivering most of the more than 50 baton blows, faced the greatest burden of evidence among the defendants.

From the start, he has appeared the most culpable because he is shown delivering most of the more than 50 baton blows.