I would want to hear more about what actually happened..sometimes I remember that snowballs were made with small pieces of rocks in them or ice that could inure a person if it hit them in the eye..and the cop was in a cruiser..this may not have been a harmless little snowbal fight.
Just saying..there are usually two sides to a story, soemtimes three.
As a retired police officer (33 + years), I would love to hear the whole story as well.
Chances are it was just a snowball with an overzealous cop who thought it undignified that they should be disrespected in such a way.
It would seem that many young cops think they should be treated as gods or some such.
To much TV cop show watching can cause a misconception of what real police work is all about. IMHO
I’d like to hear the whole story, too.
I’d be willing to bet money that the incident didn’t start and end with a single snowball being tossed.
Maybe the cop was a jerk. Maybe he was a good guy who over-reacted. Maybe the snowball was the last straw in a long series of taunts and harassment.
What passes for reporting in most of these stories strikes me as propaganda for one side or the other. Real reporting would answer the basic questions that any average reader would have. It wouldn’t advocate for one side or the other. This article seems to be trying to make the kid look like the victim.