Unless you are the officer receiving those strikes you cannot just make that assumption. One could easily argue the other officer acted out of instinct and training because the counter strike was so fast and he was trying to come to the aid other officer who was being violently attacked. and , who had his hands down in non provoking manner trying to defuse the situation. Obviously diffusing the situation did not work and an escalation of force is needed. . He ( the black officer) already made an attempt to restrain her and she broke the restraining hold and violently struck the other officer the head again. Strikes to the head are serious. The officer hit her once to stop the threat and immediately stopped when the threat was contained. Being a female does not give you the right to commit aggravated assault on a police with intent to cause bodily harm which is a felony.
And you have to take into account the totality of the circumstances in Baltimore that evening. where the police were working trying keep calm and protect the citizenery despite the risk carried by them. Police were were being attacked by very violent protestors and were burining down buildings, vehicles, attacking innocent citizens nearby, and protestors were calling for cops to be killed. etc
I see this as easily defensible by an attorney
You are on a panel that will decide the officer's fate. Here is the city of Baltimore UOF policy. Apply it to what you saw and make your determination as to whether or not the actions were consistent with policy.
https://www.baltimorepolice.org/1115-use-forceOne could argue a few years ago under those guidelines that the force used was not excessive. She struck the cop twice in the head while unproved and the black cop tried to restrain her. She was definitely going back for more attacks on the officer before the black cop stopped her violent attack.
Rememebr the carotid artery is located near where she attacked the officer and you know so was potentially a deadly strike. lol
But in this political climate he is screwed if white. The black cop's blackness will save the him though in Baltimore.
The proportionality clause makes it difficult for the officer.
Proportional — Proportionality measures whether the force used by the member is rationally
related to the level of resistance or aggression confronting the member.
A head strike that renders a person unconscious in response to head strikes that didn't seem to phase the officer who received the strikes.
