usually if a person in custody spits, they just put a mask over their mouth...
as a nurse for many years I can tell you that we put up with spitting, kicking, hitting, biting, squeezing, and all manner of abuse yet we don't punch our patients back....
it wasn't much of a punch, it barely phased her, but it was not a good reaction..
Exactly. She’s wrong and had the cop NOT punched her she’d likely be facing an assault on an officer charge.
Now she’ll get a settlement from the police department.