I've seen guys who've drunken themselves into a violent stupor treated with more consideration than that. She was clearly resisting arrest but she's also a hysterical child - the macing, face slamming and arm twisting were all excessive.
It'd been easy enough to put someone half your size in a pair handcuffs. Just imagine if a parent attempted to subdue their own child in a similar fashion. I can't imagine many of us not calling the cops if we were to see that - being a cop doesn't make this alright.
He used excessive force. Police brutality has far too many implications for me to fell comfortable using it in this case.
I should also add that while I'd live happily enough without seeing that video again, I'd like to see it from an unbiased source as the editing has (in my case at least) framed the video under the context of police brutality.
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