While that's a fair point in general, I really struggle to think of a situation where that slam would be justified.

Maybe if she had a weapon of some description, but nothing in the report indicates that.

I'd like to see footage of what happened directly before the slam. It's hard to judge whether the slam was justified or not when you don't have objective context. Witness testimony is inherently unreliable, as it is skewed by bias and students are far more likely to side with a fellow student over a cop.

That girl at the pool party in Texas, she wasn't slammed for not having a pass, but for refusing to follow instructions and leave the scene of a riot the cops were trying to control. The video here is really not defensible. She isn't fighting against the officer. As soon as he wraps arms around her to lift her up, he is in complete control of her body. Slamming her down serves only to injure and punish, not gain control of a dangerous person.

At the end of the day, we are talking about an unarmed teen girl. There are levels of reasonable force and levels of excessive force. This is clearly in the excessive region.

The sad thing is, it seems to be a maneuver that cops are wont to default to with kids. In the related video, a school officer body slammed a 12 year old girl. Elsewhere in Texas, an officer bodyslammed a teen girl for being at a pool party without a pass. That case is being taken to court, by the way, with the taxpayers possibly on the hook for 5 million.

We are doing something wrong when the only move that an officer can do to take an underage individual down is a bodyslam. This isn't fake wrestling, that isn't a canvas ring with some shock absorbing capabilities, and she isn't an actor who knows how to take a fall. Real and permanent damage could happen.

Don't fight in school, and you won't get body slammed.

It's OK for her to punch another student in the face repeatedly though....

Another School Cop Body Slams a Girl has been added as a related post - related requested by Mordhaus on that post.

I know right?

At first I was wondering why he was raising the canopy and planes were coming, then he said he signaled and they put up the flags... by that point I'd have to think the pilots aren't watching the flags, they are watching the guys on their wings and the runway... though obviously not enough attention to the runway... probably not much the guy who crashed into him could have done at that point as he didn't appear to have enough speed to take off and slamming to the side would have taken out the planes on his wings.

So it raises the question, why not use a radio to signal abort the take offs, and not just rely on a flag that might be missed.

At least he gave the guy who crashed into him a hug rather than a knockout for clipping him.

Congratulations! Your comment on Jesse Ventura Body Slams Elizabeth Hasselbeck has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.

Congratulations! Your comment on Jesse Ventura Body Slams Elizabeth Hasselbeck has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.

This achievement has earned you your "Silver Tongue" Level 4 Badge!

Congratulations! Your comment on Jesse Ventura Body Slams Elizabeth Hasselbeck has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.

Congratulations! Your comment on Jesse Ventura Body Slams Elizabeth Hasselbeck has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.

This achievement has earned you your "Silver Tongue" Level 12 Badge!

Isn't that cute? He thinks that the fact that the citizens and city of Dubai pander to millionaires and celebrity and are willing to let him spend his millions there is indicative of the muslim world's views of the west!! I hope he doesn't go walking around
Mosul with that swagger.

I'd be more interested in hearing Will Smith slam a cult that steals from it's members, enslaves it's members, isolates members from their families, and falsely imprisons it's members. Sorry, as long as Smith supports Scientology and David Miscavige who gives a fuck what he thinks about political figures like Trump or dangerous religious beliefs.

Your video, Will Smith slams Trump, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

This achievement has earned you your "Pop Star" Level 22 Badge!

Kept waiting for him to slam a hammer on the rubber hand.

*promote. Oh yeah!
*quality

And if any Rs are tempted to snarkily criticize her.... just remember Melania. There are photos to post in retaliation. A sincere attempt by the First Lady to reach girls (and boys!) to encourage them to value their education is a laudable, not an opportunity to slam.