if he thought she was going for her gun, the response of pushing her down is inconsistant with such a thought. Not only would he have pushed her down, he would have alerted his colleagues who also would have responded, likely with some sort of weapon drawn.
The cop screwed up and it sounds like he knew he did so. I can respect that he reported the incident immediately and apologized. That's a cop I can live with.
Now as far as that Toronto bubbles clip, that one has my full support for the cops on that one. She was deliberately trying to provoke a response by blowing bubbles towards him. For all we know, she could have had something much more caustic than regular soap in the bubble mixture. I don't have a lot of respect for NDP going out of their way to provoke cops into a physical response. The cop gave her an appropriate warning and she kept it up. She was held accountable.
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