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Originally Posted by Rim05

I wonder why the officer did not just call for back up. He would have had multi cars almost instantly.
No, she did not hit him she sholved/pushed him while they were pushing and arms flopping around.
At the VERY LEAST the Seattle police force needs more training.

If she shoved/pushed a cop, she did something very stupid regardless of whether it was right or wrong for the cop to punch her in the face, or how harmless her action may have been.

Being a cop with a subject is all about being in control, and there are quite a few who set up situations so they can thump on the subject and haul the subject off in cuffs. If she "shoved/pushed him" she challenged his control of the situation.

There can be extremely minor or unintentional provocation which may trigger either conditioned reaction or a reasoned dispensation of a "lesson".

That's the way it is, and it probably wouldn't make any difference in fact regardless of whatever department we may discuss.

Be polite and invoke the right to be silent if it might be something which could turn into a relatively serious charge; keep the hands where they are seen at all times, and don't make any sudden movements. It helps to tell the cop what you are going to do next, such as going into a pocket for a wallet or putting your hands anywhere he may have difficulty of seeing what you are doing in order to comply with his request.

Otherwise you might get capped by a paranoid cop.