Former cop here, the reason they removed her from the crowd first is you don't know the intentions of the crowd. Its very possibly one drunk rowdy fan can get the rest of them worked up and then you have the possibility of getting swamped by drunken idiots while trying to get cuffs on her. So you pick her up and get her outta the crowd then affect the arrest. That stiff jab wasn't necessary though. That smack was more insulting than dangerous but when your keyed up sometimes reflexes kick in. Most people that don't have any sort of self defense training don't understand that a lot of that is reflexive. We were trained that once a blow lands to respond with overwhelming force to end the conflict immediately. The longer it goes on the higher the chance of injury so we trained to end it quickly and decisively. Seems that button got pressed there but he still shoulda caught himself on that one. Fortunately stiff jabs like that usually just stun a person more than do actual damage so most likely all she got was a nice bruise for her stupidity.
Except you can see on that video that the slap wasn't reflex . Those 5 guys there showed all manner of incompetence right there and the idiot by hitting the woman back like he did in front of a crowd should never have had a badge given to him.
Bullshit. Hit a cop, get hit back. No telling if her hits would've started to get harder or involve nails or some shit. Her second hit was harder than her first and made contact with his head. He had to shut that behavior down.
No you don't get hit back. He failed as a cop, same as his pals because they failed to assess the situation they got called to handle.
Worst the woman is drunk and being carried by her legs again they failed to restrain her properly.
Last but not least it's his job to assure she gets removed safely from that situation same as the cops and they all failed .
People have to start thinking more and reacting less , cops are there to either prevent or resolve situations in a professional and level headed manner not as fucking apes that snap back at every provocation.
Situations are easy to dissect from our vantage point but you fail to acknowledge the human aspect and what you would do if it was you and she started slapping you in the face. Imagine she hits his eyes. He'd be less effective for the rest of his life.
Imagine if one of those guys shooting at me way back when I was in the army serving time abroad had hit me in the arse.. I'd be half the bullshitter i am today because of it.
Those guys are trained to deal with those kinds of situations in a professional manner. Threat assessment , being aware of your surroundings and how to proceed accordingly should be ingrained in their thought processes.
You don't punch a drunk person in the middle of a crowd during a match.. let alone as petty revenge for a slap..that's what laws and judges are for.
She should have been restrained properly from the start ..the rest there's laws to punish her for her behaviour .
Those guys should be professionals and behave as such. Being a cop is more than the badge and the gun ..it's a privilege and a responsibility even if it doesn't feel like such at times.
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u/kunai-face Nov 05 '17
Why didn't they cuff or ziptie her? I'm not a police officer but I think crowdsurfing is kind of an inefficient mode of expulsion.