But it doesn't reach them does it??? And what happened to the string theory???
All 5 cops turn at once and look right at her -- no one else??? Whatever they were reacting to came from her. They didn't hesitate or look around for anyone else. She said something that was the last straw.
And she like the guilty party turns to run.
It landed close enough that they reacted to it.
And what happened to the string theory???
The news report said string at first, so I went with that. It's clear that it was some kind of liquid.
All 5 cops turn at once and look right at her -- no one else???
No, they turned to the left at first, but she was to their right. Your version is not consistent with the fact that the cops and the girl had their backs turned to each other at one point.
If you are to be believed, then it was a mighty coincidence that the cops had finally had enough of her mouth at the same moment the liquid was tossed.
She "said" something. Not "she DID something", but she "said" something that justifies a large cop busting her in the mouth over it?
For me, the justification for decking her for SAYING something would have to meet a high standard of threat. If she was saying "Come on people! Let's rush these pigs!", then that would be one thing, where failing to terminate her agitation immediately would have lead to violence.
On the other hand, if all that happened was she called the cop a "[n-word] pig" or something else personally insulting, then he would have no more right to punch her out over it than a non-cop would.
Cops are city employees doing a job. They are not the nobility. They are not samurai with the right to cut off the heads of uppity peasants. They need to remember that.