Initially I was on her side until I watched the tape for the 17th time.
What she said angered the police not what was thrown. She was taunting the police. That's what got them to turn to her.
She could have been the most hateful, rotten, agitator ever but when the officer went after her— she was not running and her back was to him.
Right. She was trying to run away after the Lt probably told her to "come here" or "stay there". Her body language says "screw you" as she turns her back to him to flee. That's called resisting a lawful order or resisting arrest. That's when he catches up to her and punches her. She was not some innocent damsel as this thread alleged to begin with.
he still was wrong in punching her. He didn’t need to.
The minute she says "screw you" and turns to flee after defying a lawful police order to stand still or come here, a whole new set of options open up to the police. A punch to her pie hole to keep her from fleeing is better than a lot of others.
I have to admit that my viewing of the video left me with the same impression that you have.
I lived through the turbulence of the sixties. I know all too well what these lefty loons will do to aggravate police, flagrantly break the law, and then scream victim.
I still say let’s wait until all the facts are known. The one thing I am sure of is that this police officer did NOT punch her. He cuffed her (or chopped her) with an open hand which is clearly visible in the video
You should be a screenwriter. You know, the kind that writes movies “based on a true story”, which sentient beings read as “pure fiction based on some story we heard of a while back but don’t really know any of the facts so we’ll just fill ‘em in to tell the story we want told”.
You have no idea what the woman said. Why are you pretending that you do?