[Mr. K]

By the way I’VE TALKED with some of these people. THEY TRY to get the cop to lose it so they can get a big payoff in court lawsuit.

[SeaHawkFan]

No matter what, unless the cop is physically assaulted, they need to maintain control of their emotions.

[jwparkerjr]

Absolutely no doubt about it. But one of the traits needed by a cop is the ability to withstand those types of attacks just as effectively as an attack with a gun or knife. I could never do it. The little gal crossing her arms, mouthing to me and then kicking her shoe off like that would have been more than I would be inclined to put up with. And that's why I am a professional freelance photographer rather than a police office. I would LOVE to have made my career law enforcement, but alas I don't have what it takes.

There is absolutely NO reason for a cop to have to let someone like that beat them at the game. He took a situation where he was totally in the right, and she was totally in the wrong, and let his lack of self control turn it into a situation where there is right and wrong on both sides. A situation that will take years to settle in court with no one coming out a winner.

A large part of defending against an attack, verbal, physical or emotional is to anticipate the attack and be trained in how to handle it.

Again, I was not defending anyone involved, simply pointing out that when two completely different, and usually at-odds worlds come face to face something’s gonna give. This is a perfect example of that.