Sure, being lied to is a great reason to beat the shit out of someone.
Cops get lied to all the time, usually they investigate further instead of taking a persons word for it, unless its convenient not to.
The guy lied then he told the truth, the cop chose to believe the lie as it was more convenient.
When the victim was getting pounded he told the cop he did in fact live there, the cop chose not to belive him, sending the message that no matter what you say the cop will do what he chooses.
Guys here are missing the point that the dude was not doing anything illegal and was standing on his own property, the cop decided to behave badly. Cop gets 99% of the blame here, its quite simple.
Cops are held to a higher standard, you know, they have good credit and no felony convictions.
Fucking heroes, every last one of them.
Common!