What a load of old codswallop. It's all supposition on your part based on a police statement. It also doesn't matter what happened prior to the video starting. You are essentially saying she deserved what she got for..... Wait for it.... Not showing a ticket. **** a duck you are insane if you think that is appropriate.
She had not committed a crime. A penalty fair could have been issued which she could have later contested. The obvious solution that required no assault of any kind
There was no attempt at deescalation and the fact that a penalty fair wasnt used by the police along with no deescalation strategies mean the police were wrong
You can make whatever arguments you want Andy and I am sure you will. It doesn't matter you are wrong and so we're the police officers.
The woman doesn't have to be reasonable, she doesn't have to cooperate. The police have to follow procedure. They didn't. They manhandled her because they thought they could.
An official police statement isn't codswallop, not in my opinion anyway.
I expect the police statement (based on maybe 5 different individual reports) to be factual, especially as there were loads of witnesses, and expect that to be corroborated by the ticket inspector and PSCO. There will be bodycam and CCTV footage of it all. If this changes, I will probably change my mind.
I'm more inclined to believe the police than some random guy claiming it's his sister, who is apparently unaware who his sister's kid is, and rather than look after his nephew/ nice he's more interested in elevating an already elevated scene for "likes". He's probably the least trustworthy person there, so probably cut the video to help his "story". This is what you're basing your argument on.
Ticket evasion is a crime, and she seemingly did her best to ensure that it looked like that's what she was doing, and not doing the normal thing of......showing your ticket. Not sure why you would chose to defend this?
How would you suggest they issue a penalty fare if she walks off, hurling abuse and won't stop?
Of course it matters what happened before the video started, are you having a laugh?
They did de-escalate, after she saw the light and eventually shows her proof of payment (the first request) and they let her go, great. How she got in the original position seems largely her own fault, based on the statements (not just the video).
Sure, she doesn't have to be reasonable, the same way she doesn't have to hide that she had paid, walk off, hurl abuse and be anti-social. If she's not reasonable and the police have reason to suspect a crime then the police have every right to move up the levels of what is required. If she decides to be aggressive/abusive or anti-social in a public place, then she's only going to make things a lot worse. She escalated, so the cops did.
Assuming the statement is factual, which I expect it is, she deserved what she got for not showing a ticket, to an inspector, a cop, then trying to evade, then hurling abuse, and then resisting. She had a ticket, so why not just show it?