And I wish I had not seen this drunk trying to resist her arrest..............
Once cuffed, the cops could have and should have put her in the back of the patrol car. Once she hit the ground - whether she fell or was slammed - they, as public servants, should have brought her back to her feet and then put her in the patrol car. Yes, she was drunk and deserved to be arrested, but the cops left an older woman hurt and bleeding on the ground when that portion of the situation had nothing to do with her drunken driving. They were clearly in the wrong to stand over her after she took a header into the pavement without rendering some kind of assistance.
She was no longer behind the wheel, she was handcuffed, she’s elderly (same age as my mom) and the back door of the cop car was right there. Two healthy full grown men could have easily prevented her fall and/or avoided it altogether by doing their job properly.
Bottom line: She was wrong for drunk driving, then the cops were wrong for slamming her to the ground and/or being callous about the injuries to the head of an elderly woman. There are no heroes to this story.
Forget for a moment all the events proceeding it and I have one question: Do you really believe that forceful violent take down to the pavement of that old lady was absolutely needed by the cop to control the situation, as it unfolded at the exact point, it was performed? Yes or no?