Insufficient data. Note how--like almost always--the clip starts when the cop is using force. We almost never see the event that caused the cop to use force.
Here is the lead up to it
That makes it clear that it was part of a previous altercation, she appears to be resisting what the cop wants. The camera didn't catch the start of the incident, though.
You physically resist an arrest attempt and you should expect that sort of treatment. I don't know that it's an arrest attempt but it's certainly consistent with one.
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Insufficient data. Note how--like almost always--the clip starts when the cop is using force. We almost never see the event that caused the cop to use force.
Not surprised loren is defending a police beating of a teenaged girl.
I'm saying it's unconfirmed, not that it's certainly in the right. Both videos shown aren't enough to prove wrongdoing.
Bullshit.
Here's the timeline from the video.
Pre-3:03 - the girl does something arrest-worthy?
3:03 - the cop walks in front of the camera
3:04 - a guy (the christian protester in the orange shirt) points and yells "she needs to be arrested".
3:05 - the cop reaches the girl
3:05 - the cop is already shoving her by the neck.
3:08 - the cop throws his first punch.
3:10 - the girl is on the ground.
3:12 - she's back on her feet with the cop pulling her hair
3:14 - punch, punch, punch
3:25 - cop yells at the crowd to "get out of here"
3:36 - she's put in handcuffs
The cop goes straight to force. You never hear him tell her she is under arrest, even though they were only a few feet from the camera at the start. He shoves her back immediately and then begins punching. At one point she's on the the ground, and he either lets her get up or, worse, pulls her up by the hair, and then punches her some more.
