Never have... but I have never been hit. Well, not since 6th grade.
I am not condoning what I saw... The cop "needs a talking to", I said, and will repeat.
I see a human failing to keep his cool... and he took a potshot. We don't know why yet, and we will hear more, I am sure, ad nauseum. On its face I am not that worked up about it. I have seen abuse that there can be no tolerance of, and I have seen this. This just doesn't bother me that much. Its at the low end of the curve, and the cop is probably fixable.
If we freak out like this is equivalent to a prolonged beating with a billy club, then we have lost our perspective.
Enough happens in this country that I need to save "freak out" for special occasions, and this ain't it. I can't have the volume turned all the way up all the time.