4 staples is nothing. That is the exact amount my son got when he was 2 years old for the gash on his head from falling onto our windowsill.
Since you like to play semantics, I want evidence of a beating. A single gash that we know was caused by impact with the ground (whether caused by him falling or being pushed is the only thing in question here) is not evidence of a beating as you claim. There are no bruises on that man, not even a split lip, bloody nose, or black eye. No other cuts at all. If you care going to claim beating, then actually show evidence of a beating, not a fall resulting in a single gash to the head, something a 2 year old gets when they are still wobbly on their feet.
Four staples to the head for the gashes are nothing to you or your son because both of you not octagenarian. Or are you? Head concussion for the elderly can send them into brain trauma and even death as a result.
You're been playing not just semantic from the beginning but also making up stuffs to villify the elderly victim in defense of the NYPD police action.
Why aren't you paying attention when I had in the beginning explained to you that beating does not necessarily means cops using their fists or batons to beat a person blue and black, split lip, bloody nose and all that. Beating can also be accomplished by bringing your head forcefully against a hard surface like the brick wall or concrete pavement. It's called pushing. The result is the same. That's how the old man got open wound injuries requiring four staples.
I see you avoided my previous logical explanation of why the picture and injuries showed the old man was pushed to the ground in consistence with what the old man claimed and as had been reported widely by news media of the "beating" and not a single person came forward and dispute that even though there were several reporters at the scene on that day to document an earlier accident. Well, let me put them to you against and expound it further:
1. According to a witness, Ian King, the police stood Mr. Kang Wong against the wall.
2. So, how the hell could Mr. Wong fell and busted the back of his head when he was standing against the wall with the officer in front of him within arms' length?
3. If he had fallen why wasn't the heavy set police officer able to catch hold or him, failing which at least be able to break his fall without suffering any injury?
4. If all else failed and Mr. Wong fell to the ground, why was the officer calling for backups instead of just calling the ambulance and then attended to him to make sure he did not suffer broken bones or closed head brain trauma given he had obvious sign of bleeding on his head.
5. And why was Mr. Wong handcuffed while still on the floor if he had fallen? Wasn't that clear that the intent of the officers was to arrest the old man? Or you still think the fall just came handy -- a lucky conincidence?
6. Why stood a handcuffed elderly man who had just fallen to risk dislocating a posssible fracture that might sever a major artery which could be fatal?
The scenerio we have, therefore, is more consistent of usual police modus operandi of tackling a person to the ground to execute an arrest than helping and attending to a fallen old man with bloody head injury. Like I said, the elderly man didn't just fall while against the wall with officer close by in front but was pushed down, as the victim said, by the cops without regards to his well being as we saw in the picture and the logical scenario. And if it's not a fall then the only way he would have gotten those head injuries was by being pushed to the ground and head pressed down for the handcuff. That's clearly evidence of a beating by cops.
Now take a look at some more pictures showing the bloodied Mr. Wong on the ground already handcuffed for the arrest: