Really? I would have shot the bitch dead and absolutely no apology would ever be forthcoming. She approached him from behind with an unknown object in her hand. Any cop on the planet would have done then same.
Entirely absurd. Long after this idiot decided to bring his weight to bear on this waif, she was laying in the gutter, being held down by several others. Any threat she may or may not have posed, was over. The foot to the head of an immobilized woman less than half his size was completely gratuitous, as others around recognized when they told him to knock it off.
In a struggle for hearts and minds, where it is important to accurately portray left wing thugs for what they are, thuggish behavior of any kind is not helpful, to say the least. This could very well become a macaca moment. If you are cheering this moronic and possibly game changing deed, by somebody actually on the Paul staff, you aren't on our side.