The best outcome would be they both get their hands smacked. I don't know if what she did is actually felony obstruction as I don't know the actual law, but come on. She was annoying more than obstructing. Maybe they can get her on disturbing the peace and drunk in public or something.
The officer still needs some kind of reprimand. The woman wasn't really a danger to anyone. Another cop was there and started to step in when the woman started slapping, mostly hitting air. The original cop tightened his fist around his cuffs, grabbed the other cop's arm and then punched the woman in the face. Blows to the head can be dangerous, especially when a weapon is used. It should not have been his first reaction. I still say it is an instance of, "I'm going to teach you a lesson." From the report, it sounds like he was already pissed before the confrontation began. On 5/1/2011 2:19 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > "The woman accused of punching an off-duty Atlanta police officer at a > Buckhead IHOP now faces felony charges, authorities have confirmed." > > http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/woman-who-punched-officer-926236.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337328 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
