[samtheman]

Although she's been a police officer for some 21 years, and walked a beat for most of it, in the last two years she's been working inside. But a new policy states that officers like Mitchell must hit the street one day a month. As it happened, that Thursday morning was the first time she'd been on foot patrol in 2 1/2 years.

I would love to find out how much street-beat time the moronic half-witted imbeciles who wrote the "policy" put in every month.

Why should a 21-year veteran working a desk job be forced out on the street? They don't have younger officers? There isn't enough paper-work to keep her legitimately busy? These stinks of moron bureaucracy to me. But then: San Francisco. What to expect?

[mtbopfuyn]

Ever the good cop, Mitchell says she was literally calling for backup on her shoulder microphone as Jaworski sat on top of her and punched her in the face. She rolled over to shield her gun with her body, covered up as best she could and waited for backup.

Her Captain needs to put her on leave. Pull that gun out and use it or next time... well, lets just say she's lucky she's alive to have a next time.

[Red Boots]

What if someone who was clearly having severe mental problems had been allowed to stay on the street, despite all indications that he was careening out of control, until he beat a policewoman like Mitchell to death? Or shot someone?

It's only a matter of time until this does happen. And then, they'll excuse the homeless, blame the dead victim, and go back to business as usual.

[calex59]

"I don't have any anger toward him," Mitchell says. "It's just unfortunate that he was in that place in the condition he was in."

This kind of politically correct statement makes me want to puke. She would have been justified in killing this crazy bas**** but of course she "has no anger". This type of statement is especially reprehensible coming from an officer of the law. Sounds to me as if this perp should be in a mental institution for the rest of his life.

[rogue yam]

The two men who rushed in to pull the attacker off her, software salesman Bill Mutch and bicyclist Michael Waring, were accepting awards Wednesday afternoon from the San Francisco Police Officers Association for stepping up and helping when others stood by.

The Chronicle demands that San Franciscans do nothing about the scum on our streets until it deems to criticize those who do nothing.