I think the way both sides treated it was asinine.
A) the woman should have had the good sense not to mouth off to a cop who was doing their job. She was practically begging them to try to stop her. She was in the wrong, period.
B) I think cuffing the woman and detaining her for three hours was above and beyond what the situation called for... A little judicious detaining onsite to give her a ticket and make her late for work might have sufficed. Frisking her (and under the bra as well) was WAY beyond what was required for someone being stupid enough to mouth off.
Increasing ticket fines or making her wait, even up to the three hours, might have been fine. But cuffing and frisking way crossed the line.
On the other hand, the woman was idiot enough to mouth off to a cop. Sheesh, I've seen enough Law and Order to know just how much the law can be manipulated to a cop's advantage if they want to put the perpatrator in a bad spot (yes, I know, it's fiction, but has at least some basis in real law). If you don't want the cops to "exact revenge" on you for being noncooperative, you don't do stupid shit like mouth off to them.
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A) the woman should have had the good sense not to mouth off to a cop who was doing their job. She was practically begging them to try to stop her. She was in the wrong, period.
B) I think cuffing the woman and detaining her for three hours was above and beyond what the situation called for... A little judicious detaining onsite to give her a ticket and make her late for work might have sufficed. Frisking her (and under the bra as well) was WAY beyond what was required for someone being stupid enough to mouth off.
Increasing ticket fines or making her wait, even up to the three hours, might have been fine. But cuffing and frisking way crossed the line.
On the other hand, the woman was idiot enough to mouth off to a cop. Sheesh, I've seen enough Law and Order to know just how much the law can be manipulated to a cop's advantage if they want to put the perpatrator in a bad spot (yes, I know, it's fiction, but has at least some basis in real law). If you don't want the cops to "exact revenge" on you for being noncooperative, you don't do stupid shit like mouth off to them.