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In reply to the discussion: About that young lady the cop brutally attacked over the pool party.... [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)Basically, in a court of law, can his actions be viewed as legitimate law enforcement actions? And I then pointed out they can be, Police are permitted to use whatever force they believe is necessary to keep the peace. The burden is on the accuser that the Officer actions were not justified given the circumstances, it is NOT up to the officer to justify his actions.
Coming in hard to put down a fight would be justified and his actions could have been attacked at taking to long if he did not move quickly. Thus charging in like a Bull may be what is called for under the circumstances.
As to the 14 year old female, I do NOT know why he went after her, that is all off camera, but once he did and both of them reappeared on the Video, his actions was one of a police officer putting someone under arrest by first securing her. His actions cause four other people to approach him, from two different sides, apparently objecting to the arrest. It is only as the two males comes within two feet of the officer (and maybe one foot) is when the officer steps back and goes for his pistol (after at least once missing his holster). When the two males back off, he points the weapon to the ground.
I have reviewed the arrest again, WHY the officer arrested the 14 year old female is unclear, but she kept on "resisting" his arrest and that is enough to justify his use of force on her. As the officer forces her to the ground, two females runs up to the officer and the 14 year old, the two males run up, on his opposite side. At that point he had the RIGHT to pull his pistol, IF HE BELIEVE he was in danger (and that many people on two sides is enough to put the officer in danger).
This is a bad situation that the police were called for and the police handle it the best they could (as per their training). At the end of the video the Officer says (paraphrased), "you will stay here till we figure out what is happening here". i.e. the Police officer did not know what had been going on, who to blame etc, the first thing they did was to end the conflict and then resolve other issues.