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They show it several times. I thought the best view of what happened started at 14 seconds into the report. You can see her square off against the cop, gesticulating emphatically, even threateningly. The body language is pretty clear to me. It's the same old tired "I'm a minority. I hate you honkies. I hate pigs. I hate America. Viva La Raza!"

The cops were there to help, 'fer crying out loud, but she's got to throw her little minority fit at least once a day, I suppose. Some example she set for her niece.

Actually, I think the cop set a better example for the niece, and as a result she'll be a lot more likely to behave in a civil manner around other people when she grows up.

Granted, the punishment for her refusal to cooperate was a bit severe, but I think physical restraint was perhaps necessary and that the cop can make a pretty plausible case that he didn't mean to hurt her. For instance, looking closely at the tape, I don't think he meant to pin her arm to her side. If it had been free, she could've broken her fall.

Wish I were on the jury. I wouldn't give her a dime. Maybe a nickel, but definitely not a dime.

“Granted, the punishment for her refusal to cooperate was a bit severe,”

That shows where you’re coming from. You think a cop has the power to administer “punishment”.

If HE has such power then so do I.

Pretty simple.

You seem to view this through a pair of race colored glassed based on her name.

I think the fact that he pinned her arms is the part about this that seems the most brutal. Opposite to your view, my impression is he did it very deliberately as he threw her down because he didn’t want her offering him any resistance.