He shouldn’t have hit her but she was taunting the police. Initially it was postulated and I thought as well that she was just innocently crossing the street and mistaken for throwing something at the police. But after watching it carefully it is clear that she was taunting the police. She wasn’t an innocent by-stander.
It doesn’t matter if she taunted the police or not. He wronged her. His behavior is caught on video and substantiated.
There is no “but”. You are trying to weakly justify his behavior.
“He shouldn’t have hit her.” Period. He is responsible for his behavior, not her behavior.
But after watching it carefully it is clear that she was taunting the police. She wasn’t an innocent by-stander.
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What crime did she commit? If she committed no crime, she is, by definition, an innocent bystander.