Just a whole lot of issues brought up in comments relating to this incident. I have a poster in my office given to me by a friend which says, “If I had a proper cape and tiara I could solve all the world’s problems”. But I have neither so at this late (or early) hour will just confine my comments to the issue at hand.
According to the article, she had pulled off the road and was asleep. Why arrest her? The officer, IMO, had other choices since he appears to have felt that he had to do something. Take her keys away from her. Call a taxi to take her home and have her car towed. The officer put himself in the position of not only being her judge and jury but decided what punishment she should have.
Life is all about choices. IMO the officer made the wrong choice in this woman’s case and it maybe would not have happened had he taken the time to consider all his options before he proceeded. Did he intend to cause her bodily harm? I don’t know. That’s for someone a whole lot bigger than I to decide. I do contend that because of his actions in this particular case he should no longer be allowed to be a police officer. If I were this woman, I would not only sue the city but also the officer.
Another weasel answer.