How many police officers does it take to ...

OK ... we've all seen the news today ... started off as an alleged horrific abuse of power by a racist police officer. When I actually saw the footage ... not just the ten seconds showing him hitting the woman, (by afternoon young mother/by evening teenager), but the full length version, I actually thought what the hell is all the fuss about.

So he was trying to subdue her by deadening her arm ... I don't think you can class it as a racist attack ... he spent a fair while chasing her, calming her down, chasing her again, trying to handcuff her. And anyone who has had to try to change a resisting toddlers nappy single-handed will testify that that is hard enough, let alone if you have a nineteen year old thrashing around.

She also alleges that she had an epileptic fit in the club which was why she was turfed out (as opposed to having an ambulance called for her) and why she decided to go attack the parked car of one of the employees of the club ... an obvious post epileptic fit side effect. And although she can't remember she says she may have had a fit on the ground while they were subduing her (explains why she was flinging her arms around then but not the speedy recovery.)

To round it off she claims she suffered bruises on her arm, neck and head .... Now I haven't seen these bruises myself but who am I to question whether she could have got these from the fits she had? Could these have been caused by the fact that she flung herself down the stairs in an effort to get away from the copper. Could these have occurred when she seems to turn and smack him and he loses his hat whilst desperately trying to cling on to her and falls on top of her?

Her last complaint about the indignity of having her trousers down at her ankles ... As she is walked away towards an awaiting van they clearly fall. Let me point out that I'm not at all surprised at seeing her trousers fall, especially given the manner in which the youth of today wear their trousers!! But she is walking, she's not even dragged, she lifts her legs and allows the two officers to take her weight and carry her to the van.

All I can say is that I have studied the police tactics closely and Zoo ... you better beware!!