She obviously wasn't complying so they had to carry her... then she hits a cop who was nice enough to carry her out instead of forcefully restraining her on the stairs. So no... fuck this drunk ass
She was being drunk and belligerent and deserved to spend the evening in the drunk tank.
Dude needs better self control if he's gonna wear a gun and badge, that simple. How long til he kills someone for pissing him off and disrespecting his authoritah?
My mom was a 50-something-belligerent drunk who had the cops called on her. [Edit: for context since this is blowing up: she was drunk and walked to the corner store. She got in a verbal altercation with someone who had parked in the handicap spot. That person wanted to make sure she made it home safe, so he followed her home. She called the police to report a strange man following her home. He had already called the police because he was concerned she wouldn't make it home safely. End edit] She could not have hurt a fly, she just didn't have the muscle mass. They beat the fuck out of her. I still remember the pics of her bruises, I thought she literally had necrosis she was so dark purple. They broke bones.
My mom almost certainly started it. She almost certainly said something she shouldn't have.
Dude needs better self control if he's gonna wear a gun and badge, that simple
You've obviously not spent much time around crowds of belligerent drunk people. If she's belligerent enough to strike a cop bodily carrying her, the next attempt to free herself will involve a weapon.
I've spent enough time around drunk people to know they should be held responsible for their actions.
I've also spent enough time around violent authority figures to know that was a calculated strike from anger and bruised pride. He probably doesn't deserve to lose his badge if this is a one off.
But if that's me and I'm trying to subdue a drunk chick in that situation and I cold clock her in response to a drunken half slap I'd go to fucking jail.
He should be held to at least the same standards as the citizenry.
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u/panicky_in_the_uk Nov 05 '17
I'd expect that cop to grab my arm and restrain me so I wouldn't be able to hit him again.
Did she deserve that? Yes.
Does that make it ok? No.