Her supervisor was ON THE PHONE on speakerphone when the incident happened. He told the cops he was wrong, and he was making a mistake by threatening a nurse. Then the cop exploded.
You could say he was under stress - but that nurse worked in a burn unit - you think she not under stress all the time?
That guy is a dangerous guy. He has no business in that job.
So my opinion on this had changed somewhat based on two things.
First, the officer asserts that he was instructed by his superior officer to arrest the nurse if she interfered. So, he wasn’t simply doing this because he was mad, as the video made it seem, but because he was following his own orders.
Secondly, the officer was actually trained to draw blood himself, so presumably he wasn’t trying to force the nurse to draw blood, he was simply trying to go and do it himself.
I still think the situation could have been handled much better, but it seems closer to possible obstruction now.