What a "newsie" has to say on TV is irrelevant in this sort of case.
The discussion thread you didn't follow back to its origin was about WHAT might justify the cop's behavior, and there are a great number things ~ I named some of them.
You can't just come into the middle of something and start mouthing off like you're some ditzy 15 year old girl. You know doggone well why she tossed her shoe like that.
Okay, I’ve narrowed it down to 2 options. Drunk or Crazy. The “devils advocate” option is out.