Girl: 5' 4 at 110
Cop was in his rights to protect himself from harm and injury.
That line of thinking seems logical to the ignorant and inexperienced. When you are dealing with a man and a women comes to his defense, yes it can seriously put you in danger. Under such circumstances she must be subdued immediately. The Officer was there to deal with the hostile male.
couple of points:
In fairness to the police, they are taught to use overwhelming force once they get into a physical contest. It is a shock and awe technique meant to end physical resistance and avoid officer injury. if you are fighting against predatory folks, where a fight can become deadly, quick, it is kind of hard to fault the police.
Now if the guy went on training, then he was used to having a sparing partner who was likely 160 to 180 pounds. The force needed to dislodge someone that size who is nimble on his feet and a skinny drunk girl had a lot to do with how fast and hard she went down.
On the basis of above, a few questions come to mind:
1) The cop could have possibly broken her neck by that move or much more likely her jaw and in so doing caused her to lose some teeth. He was lucky neither death or disfiguring injury occurred. Do folks think that such a move is an appropriate amount of force to a young drunk girl flailing about?
2) If Yes, it was appropriate, do you feel he should have been prosecuted for said injuries if they occurred, up to and including secondary murder?
3) If you do not feel that it would be appropriate for the officer in question to be prosecuted if a severe disfiguring injury or death resulted, is it appropriate for the father to seek justice by other means not related to a court proceeding?
4) If the father is justified in seeking such retribution, would you convict the father for such a an action if on a jury?
I think the larger issue of this act and implications related to what could happen if worse occurred really dictate the acceptability of that Police SOP.
That has to be as much of a whackjob post as anyone has made about this incident since it was first reported.