[DrPhil]

Everyone agrees that he should've done something. It's the punch option that people don't agree with.

I've seen grown men who are drunk and aggressive with officers being tackled and handcuffed rather than officers engaging in a street fight with them and punching them. Even giving her dumb friend a final warning that she will be tasered (and then tasering her if she doesn't stop being dumb) is more appropriate.

The girl was really dumb for interfering with her friend's interaction with the officer. If she didn't like how her friend was being treated, she should've taken the officer's name and badge #. They already had everything else caught on tape.

However, people in positions of authority are supposed to be ABOVE all the rest. They go based on protocols and policies rather than pure emotion.