Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "Police Surprise Disorderly Woman as Elevator Opens" video.

  1. A cop I know told me that part of the trouble is by the time they get to court they have come down off the drugs, are sober, and come across as quite nice and respectful. The court thinks "how can this nice lady be as bad as the say?" So if there is no criminal charge and only the resisting arrest charge and the like, they get let off.
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  2.  @_Majoras  I seems that at least some courts are. Also, courts are overloaded with work, and may not take the time to view bodycam evidence. Also, in a lot of cases, it is actually hard to tell from bodycams just what actually happened and why. In this video you can't actually see anything that required the cop to force her on the floor. There doesn't seem any eye to eye contact, and the cop said he never got to see her face. If someone, who I was aware of but didn't look at, came up fast behind me and gabbed my arm in an underground carpark, I would react pretty violently too, as I would think he was a mugger. The cop just called out "stop"". He should have called, "Stop! Police." The cop alleged she tried to kick him, but the video doesn't show that either. Given the woman's overall behavior and record, I believe she should have been detained. And the probability is she knew he was a cop all along. Most likely she did try to kick. But her initial reaction is not necessarily proven resisting arrest and trying to kick just going on this video.
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