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Based on what little I've just seen....
A) I don't understand why the cop tackled him or pushed him like that. I understand their purpose there was to move the protesters, but this guy wasn't an active threat and was more of "just in the way". He should have been "gently pushed" by a group of officers, not harshly shoved and knocked down by one officer.
B) At the same time, it's pretty obvious that people were protesting and a group of police officers with intimidating guard dogs were approaching. How could he not make any serious attempt to get out of the way? If it was me, I would be moving out of the area - I don't make a habit of hanging out in-between police officers with guard dogs and protesters.
Unless they can prove that him hitting the ground at that moment caused his death, the police officer is innocent of manslaughter. People collapse and die all the time for "no reason"; A few months ago here in town a high school teen on a class trip stepped off the bus and dropped dead ten seconds later. They didn't charge the bus driver with manslaughter.
That's not say the police officer wasn't guilty of something for sure. I tend to side with the police most of the time, but in this case there was no warning and no reason for him to be tackled like that. Basically, this officer assaulted him for no valid reason.
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