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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
The scenario I describe does not match your narration of events.
According to the video, the cop reacted to the physical contact from the person. If the person was being verbally abusive, it simply puts the incident in a different context.
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There is currently no evidence that the woman was being verbally abusive. We DO have evidence that the police officer has personally apologized for his actions and is writing a letter of apology, both unlikely had the woman been uttering threats (a violation of section 265 1b of the Canadian Criminal Code, and a felony).
While the investigation is still ongoing, your hypothesis of what occurred is unlikely to be born out, based on the evidence at hand.
What is more likely to have occurred is that a police officer in a rough neighbourhood thought a disabled woman was a junkie and treated her like crap. This is problematic for several reasons, not least because police officers have a significant amount of power in a situation like this and this incident indicates a sense of entitlement and a willingness to make use of unnecessary force with little provocation.
It's not a severe incident in and of itself, but is perhaps symptomatic of a broader issue in policing: the us-vs-them mentality that exists both in police organizations and in the public.