That's all she did. Unless you want to count "speaking meanly" and swinging her arms in time with her gait as she walked. She never even raised her arms, much less made a threatening move.
You're telling me it's cool for that to be the police default response? Bull****.
I would respond similarly to your description, although I would probably start with an eye gouge/rake as opposed to a throat punch, as that has a higher percentage of landing, would stop the altercation, and offer less potential lethal results--but, like you, all after retreating at least a couple of time. Heck, not just for her benefit. If I can get witnesses testifying that I retreated as far as I could before maiming them, it's a win for me.
Now... Why did that body slam on pavement need to be the default for someone walking toward an officer, speaking meanly, and not even having raised their arms in a threatening gesture? He's scared of a knife? Well, wrapping them up is a stupid response to fear of getting stabbed.
He was either untrained or a psycho.
I agree. Nevermind the fact that is a rather large woman and not a man...a slam to concrete is excessive and in many cases lethal. My best friend, now boss, belly to back suplexed a guy behind a bar on the strip after a Vols game...for punching him...and i thought the guy was dead. Concrete or asphalt is very, very unforgiving.
The only training i ever had was golden gloves, so my natural reaction to anyone closing distance on me is a quick jab. Creates distance, and if need be ranges their head for a power shot from my right hand. I am not a big guy, on the ground with a typically heavier opponent isnt where i want to go. So i personally dont see closing the distance, wrapping up, and potentially killing someone who hasnt committed a crime yet as a good idea, or ethical. Bad decision
FWIW...i am glad that i learned to box, and it has saved my butt many times. If i were coming up today, though I would spend a lot of time learning BJJ , krav maga, lots of submissions and quick ways to end threats. KM in particular is brutal. They train to end threats to themselves very quickly..lots of throat strikes, eye gouges, broken/hyperextended/dislocated arms, etc. Would be great for women as well. The Gracies showed how effective BJJ is...at 140lbs they can compete with and beat heavyweight champions from all the other disciplines of martial arts. Arm bars, chokes, broken ankle submissions, you name it. I dont care how big and bad a man is...when you snap his arm, or cut off the blood supply to his head, he is a punching bag at that point if he is dumb enough to stick around. I wasnt aware of any of these martial arts when i was young enough to learn them though. Now it is too late, lol.
FTR...if a man tucks his head in like that cop did to slam a BJJ expert, he had better hope they are unconscious when they hit the ground. If not, the cop is in a guitolline choke or similar, and has 2 or 3 seconds before he loses consciousness. Then the guy will do whatever he wants with him. Leave your head in...get choked out. Leave an arm in to push yourself up...get it snapped. To some, grappling matches in MMA may be boring to watch. Those who have been in a lot of street or bar fights know they very often end up on the ground, and these guys today are so technical...unless a normal man got super. Super lucky and knocked em out before they could be taken down, you have exactly a 0% chance of doing anything besides getting badly hurt. I am very envious of those who are very proficient in BJJ.