We’re going to have to agree to disagree on this one — watching that video a couple of times the officer does not appear to me to be out of control, or crazy or any of the other adjectives that have been bandied about.
He raised his voice dealing with a bunch of recalcitrant, entitled, arrogant punks who were, after all, breaking the law. No excessive force, no attempt to prevent the recording of his actions, nothing that would suggest mens rea, zip.
The move that has gotten the most raised eyebrows seems to be that he responded to what appeared to me (and i’m guessing to him) an attempted lynching by, oh my gosh, drawing his pistol, and the subsequent arrest of that suspect as well. There may be more that comes out, but at this point, he’s guilty of the supreme crime of “doing his job”. Fire him, I say!
“He raised his voice dealing with a bunch of recalcitrant, entitled, arrogant punks who were, after all, breaking the law. “
None of the kids were charged with any crime.
They were released into their parents custody.
The city and the cop are probably not going to be as lucky.
Hell in the long run the cop probably did the girl a favor as she’ll get some serious bank out of this.