She didn’t look like she did anything to deserve the officer’s actions to me. Agitated and upset maybe because of what happened to her niece, but not aggressive and not threatening. I’m not sure where you see the PITA behavior at worst her body language seemed to say “please don’t push me around”, but ultimately it shouldn’t matter.
Police have to deal with people in emotionally charged situations all the time and should be prepared in training and temperament to calm people like this woman down without violence. The cop lost his cool and acted completely out of proportion to the situation and should lose his job before he loses his temper again.
There was another officer that looked like he was just starting to intervene between them when the first maneuvered around her and picked her up. It is a shame he wasn’t a couple seconds faster or things might not have gotten so out of control.
From the following article: http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806280348
When FBI agents began questioning Yonkers police officers about the alleged beating a fellow cop gave a woman at a restaurant, the blue wall of silence crumbled.
Agents asked about the images from a surveillance videotape that appeared to show Officer Wayne Simoes brutally slamming Irma Marquez facedown to the ground.
"Several officers stated that, based on their training and experience, Simoes' use of force against Marquez was unreasonable and excessive," FBI Agent Kristina Norris wrote in a criminal complaint against Simoes filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains.