George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
I've fallen harder on the ground after tripping on something.
I'm not excusing what the cop did, it was 100% out of line, but with a screaming headline of "SHOCKING POLICE BRUTALITY OMG!!1! OH NOES!!1!! SHOCKING!!!!" I expected quite a bit more.
2 days without pay seems a bit light. I woulda done a week, put a black mark in his record for his next review, and made him attend an anger management course.
I'm with you. This is far from the most shocking example of police brutality I have seen. He shouldn't have slammed him onto the hood. And what he did merits some kind of reprimand and/or punishment. What you suggest seems about right.
I hate brutal cops as much as anyone, but if we're going to expose the bastards, let's put legitimate cases up in front of the public. Calling this "shocking police brutality" just loses credibility for our cause here, seems to me.