I didn't see or hear any "making fun of". More of a PSA than anything else. If you were present you'd be watching her, this guy just chose to film it as well.

If she appeared dangerous, id stay away and alert someone in management, but she didnt seem so.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the cop car almost cutting the guy in half against a fence.

Yeah, it was stupid what she did, dangerous and probably pointless too. But I feel her outrage as she is standing in line paying for her stuff with her hard earned cash while watching these guys just walk out the door with free beer, and no one giving a shit.

Thank you very much, that's sweet of you.

Another Siftress posted this today...thought you'd enjoy it:

http://videosift.com/video/Massive-Attack-Girl-I-Love-You-She-Is-Danger-Remix

I look forward to seeing you around.

You should shed that red P soon.

Namaste.

In reply to this comment by tigereye:
Congratulations on your gold star.

>> ^quantumushroom:
This little lady has you libs scared shitless and she's nowhere near peaking.

She had just about everyone scared shitless. She's a self-righteous bigot and an anti-science creationist. She's baffled by basic geography, let alone foreign policy. She can't even form a complete sentence on a regular basis... and she was dangerously close to the presidency. Fortunately we avoided that potential catastrophe.

Whatever poor decisions or mistakes Obama makes, as long as he doesn't start huffing paint thinner, he can't be as bad as Palin.

If it weren't for this publicity stunt, she'd have been forgotten by now. I don't think she's going to be able to keep them going for another 3.5 years, though.

Well, the current charges haven't been substantiated, but her comments on fruit-fly research (which like many other of her imbecilic statements was broadcast straight from her own mouth) do show that she is dangerous and ignorant. Far more ignorant than a world leader should be.

in europe, she would be forced by any country to take medication. she is dangerous to anyone around her. if she lived in europe, she would have no one to talk to, to share her views, people would simply think of her as nuts. not stone age, but as a very sick person!

swampgirl:

I agree police have to protect themselves. They are in a very dangerous line of work.

That said, non-compliance doesn't imply dangerous. For example, say in public someone on the street gets in your way and starts harassing you. They might be very scary looking, and you might be afraid they could hurt you. However, unless they actually threaten you or try to physically harm you, if you were to hit them you'd be charged with assault, and if you used a taser, add a weapons charge too.

Police, on the other hand, get to assume someone is 'dangerous' enough to use physical force, just because they didn't follow their orders. Why do police get this extra ability to 'protect' themselves? There are many people who have significally more dangerous jobs dealing with the public, such as taxi drivers, and they don't get anywhere near that privledge.

In terms of the officers 'right' to use physical force cause she didn't do what they said, well, what the police had done might technically have been legal, but that doesn't make it appropriate. In a situation where the person poses no threat, perceived or otherwise, using force needlessly escalates a situation that could have easily been brought to a close peacefully.

Let me make clear that there are clearly times police need to use force. If she were stopped for a more serious crime, such as burglary, the police officer could assume she was dangerous. If she had physically resisted the officer, then fine. She was stopped for a traffic violation. She didn't physically resist the officer. The officer had no reason to suspect she was any more danger than your average person walking down the street. While I the officer shouldn't have to wrestle with her, since the situation was calm and there was no danger, there was no reason not to be patient.