Believe it or not, we have police specifically for stuff like this. They are the ones who are granted the power to initiate the use of force to resolve problems. It's not pretty, but this is specifically why we have them. Did the girl get seriously injured or killed? If not then if use of force was necessary, it was done in a just way where neither the recipient of the force nor any bystanders were injured. I have no idea if what the girl did required the use of force though. It would be great if we had some context, such as the minutes leading up to this moment. Without that context, any determination of whether this officer's actions were reasonable is mere speculation.
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