My question involves civil rights in the State of: Utah
I witnessed what I believed to be a police officer using nearly lethal force when it was not needed at all. A fight broke out at a bar I was at and it was broken up and the people were told to take it outside which they did with no problem. They went outside and squared back off and began to fight again (fair fight just fists no weapons) one guy got the other guy wrestled to the ground and was hitting him when out of nowhere a cop showed up and ran up to the guy that was on top of the guy on the ground without a warning or nothing took out his bayonet and struck the guy that was on top in the temple of the head and eye knocking him to the ground nearly popping out his eye. (The cop may have struck him twice in the head by the look of the bruises) This broke up the fight but when one kid walked over to see how the kid that got hit was doing laying on the ground bleeding the cop struck him in the head as well severing his ear (the night before his wedding by the way). So I guess what my question is it legal for the police officer to hit someone in the head with a metal bayonet? I saw no need for the officer to even have the bayonet out let alone hitting people in the head with it. (There were no injuries sustained by either guy that were fighting all injuries were caused by the police)

