June 16th, 2010
Seattle cop does right, but badly…
1. If you interfere with an arrest, you should expect to get fucked up.
2. This cop is terrible at his job. It takes him over two minutes to get a moderately sized woman under control. He can’t get an arm bar, the perp easily eludes his grasp several times. Even if she was on meth or something, the punch in question is weak. This guy clearly isn’t a Krav Maga student. Maybe his squad should pass the hat to cover his initiation.
I’m not normally a police supporter, I have significant problems with the theory and practice of civil police in a democracy. However, this time, the cop was right. No doubt. He’s just not good at it.
I think he was trying to be too gentle with the girl in the black shirt. Ideally, he could have swept a leg and put her on the ground. I think he was dealing with the ground-in idea that so many males have that it’s never okay to get seriously physical with a female. Or, alternately, he just sucks at his job.