“Oh, shit!” Philadelphia cop sucker punches woman celebrating Latino heritage (w-Video)

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131. the video actually begins with her in the act of throwing the water

I had to watch it multiple times to see this as well. It would have been far more apparent had the video begun only a couple of seconds sooner than it did. She did indeed throw water on the officers and almost immediately after she does THEN the guy with the dark shirt flings water.

Regardless of the fact that she did indeed fling water on the officers, the punch by the supervisor officer in the white shirt was absolutely, totally and completely illegal. It was a strike purely out of anger and revenge. He was not protecting himself or anyone else from her, and it was completely unnecessary in order to arrest her.

I'm not seeing why the major argument here is whether or not she flung water on the officers since it is immaterial to the supervisor officers actions. Yes, she flung water on them. But that doesn't matter a damn when it comes to what the officer did to her. He is only allowed to use such force that is necessary to protect himself or others and to affect an arrest, and it is quite obvious that neither was the case here and that he punched her because he was angry and wanted to exact some revenge.

Seeing as this was captured on video and is out in public, thankfully, he is not going to skate on this. Though unfortunately, just like with supervisor officer "Tony Baloney" during the OWS protests, whatever punishment he receives will likely not be nearly what he deserves.