Police drag 65-year-old woman out of her car. Guess what race she is ...

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56. Except that doesn't appear to be the case here - until after Legg shows up

Watch the entire video - He appears to be acting correctly until she declares "I'm free to go" and tried to close the door a bit after the 13 minute mark. This isn't a terrified older woman doing her best to obey but just not doing it fast enough for the police officer. It's a woman who believes that she should be in charge and as soon as his supervisor shows up, (s)he will obviously agree.

I could buy that the period from about 13:20 - 14:10 looks more like escalation than de-escalation, but that period started with her trying to drive away. I'd like to think that there would be a way to back off and wait for the supervisor to arrive (ignoring the fact that I don't want to set a precedent that an officer can't arrest someone unless a supervisor approves it)... but there isn't a reason to believe that would have been better. She was going to drive of and drop off her friend and then talk some more once the supervisor showed up to set things right?

To me... things appear to go wrong at about 15:50. She agrees to get out of the car (I will get out for you... I won't get out for him) and things appear to start to get better... until the 3rd officer screams at her "you're not in charge... shut the F up and get out of the car!". Then she's standing up beside the car (possibly holding something for support) and this same officer grabs and yanks at her with way too much force. There's no question in my mind that that officer went way over the line