You are clearly not seeing this the same way anyone with a brain does.
The officer was OUT OF CONTROL and HE WAS ESCALATING the situation, every place he went.
He was the only officer running back and forth screaming and swearing. Why I would accept the argument that he did nothing UNLAWFUL, I can see and hear from the video the screams and panic every place he runs.
Am I somehow not making this clear? He ESCALATED the situation through his actions. He clearly did not calm things down in any way.
He ran over to a group of kids and started attacking a teenage girl. This incited the group around her to try to move in to protect her. If I was there I would have start yelling at the officer to calm down.
Do you know how long it took between the time the first officer arrived on scene and before backup arrived ?
Do you know how many ‘backup’ officers were then on scene?
Did you know that the ‘teens’ had assaulted the security guards ?
Did you know the offensive rap music had been playing for over an hour?
Did you know that there were minor children who had injuries from the ‘brawl’ that happened before the first officer even got there ?
Did you know that the ‘teens’ were smoking pot, drinking alcohol, right in front of minor children ?
Did you know the party had been planned and advertised for a week, and that the whole thing was illegal ?
Did you know that other ‘teens’, not on the video, were interfering with the police ?
(He ran over to a group of kids and started attacking a teenage girl.) No , he didn’t. This was the girl he told to leave a dozen times. She left, but then returned and approached him from behind.
(This incited the group around her to try to move in to protect her.) Is that what they were doing ? Looked more like the guy thought he could sucker punch the cop and get away with it.
( If I was there I would have start yelling at the officer to calm down.) Because yelling is your ‘key’ to calming the situation ?
I understand your point. The officer was irate. He was ‘on edge’. I think you had to be in his shoes to understand his reaction.
He was there for a while, by himself, with over 100 adults and teenagers in various stages of anger. Some of them were running from the scene, others were arguing with him and would not follow his instructions.
What is amazing is that during all this, foot chases and all, he didn’t point his gun at anyone or use it.
Compared to many other incidents that have been in the news, his ‘control’ was pretty good.