Seattle Police Officer Punches Young Woman in the Face. (Video) *UPDATE* Suspect Apologizes to Officer.

Be warned, this video is not easy to watch.  It's unpleasant and disturbing to me--but not for the reasons the title may indicate.

Watch the video that was posted on YouTube yesterday...then we'll chat.

Okay, since bloody when did it become acceptable to shout obscenities and show aggressive behavior toward a police officer when they are addressing you for breaking the law?

Here's the deal:    The principal of Franklin High School asked the Seattle Police Department make their presence known in the school's vicinity, and  to enforce the jaywalking law outside campus because of all the students that don't use the sky bridge to safely cross the street.  Clearly, the school district felt the problem was such that they needed the SPD assistance.   So.  A few girls decided to jaywalk right in front of an on-duty officer.  These young women were indeed  jaywalking; the officer then called them over to his vehicle and they responded like bratty girl thugs by flipping off the officer, then resisting arrest and causing a commotion with a large group of other students gathering around--yelling racial slurs at the officer.  No one is really mentioning THAT on a national level...only that this "girl" was smacked in the face by a Seattle Police Officer.  (However, in the Seattle area, nearly 80% of folks who were polled on this issue, feel that the officer responded appropriately.)

Naturally, Al Sharpton is on his high horse about this being a racial deal.  I tell ya what, Al.   If that had been one of my lily white sons who had laid their hands on a police officer in a threatening manner, his sweet face would have been punched,  too.  I guaran-effing-tee it.   And guess what else?  I'd be pissed AT MY KID after seeing that video, AND I'd let him sit in jail and not post bail.  I'm not kidding.  I wouldn't be looking to any sort of agency (the ACLU, I guess, since the NAACP wouldn't help his ass)  for assistance for his "civil rights being violated", nor would I hire an attorney to sue the SPD.  No. Way.  You gotta learn how to ACT in society, and getting physical with a cop is NEVER the way to behave.  Jaaaayzus, people.  Get a gotdamn clue.  Didn't your parents teach you anything?

Photo: Via Twitter/KIRO-TV Seattle - Look closely in the bottom left corner.

Is that a GUN we see in the hand of an onlooker?  This could have ended MUCH worse than a punch in the face.  And I'm gonna come out and say it: This girl had it coming.  The slogan this week is "Don't F*ck with the Seattle Police Department".  But seriously, have some respect for the authorities.

via Q13:  Full report from SPD Blotter:

"On June 14th at approximately 3:10 p.m. a uniformed patrol officer was driving north in the 3100 block of MLK Jr. Way South in a fully marked police car. The officer observed a male pedestrian j-walk across MLK Jr. Way South, an arterial street. There is a pedestrian overpass (foot bridge) about 15 feet to the north of where the male pedestrian j-walked. The officer stopped the pedestrian. While interacting with the 18-year-old male pedestrian, the officer observed four female pedestrians j-walk at the same location that the male pedestrian just had. The officer instructed the females to step over to his vehicle. They were verbally antagonistic toward the officer.

One female subject turned and began to walk away. The officer again instructed her to step over to his car. She continued to walk away and appeared to raise her hand in a dismissive gesture. The officer contacted the female subject and began escorting her back toward his car. The female subject began to tense up her arm and pull away from the officer while yelling at him. Once at the patrol car the female subject refused to obey the officer’s commands to place her hands on the car. When the officer again tried to gain control of her, she pulled away and twisted, breaking free of the officer’s grip several times.

At this time a large crowd gathered around the officer. When the officer tried to handcuff the female subject, another female subject intervened. The second female subject placed her hands on the officer’s arm, causing the officer to believe she was attempting to physically affect the first subject’s escape. The officer pushed the second subject back, but she again came at the officer, at which time he punched her. The second subject moved away and the officer was able to handcuff the first subject and place her in the back seat of his patrol car.

As the officer contacted and subsequently escorted the second subject over to his patrol car, she too tried to pull and twist away from him. The officer restrained her until backup officers arrived, at which time the second subject was handcuffed.

Suspect #1, a 19-year-old female, was booked into the King County Jail for Obstructing an Officer. Suspect #2, a 17-year-old female, was booked into the Youth Service Center for Investigation of Assault on an Officer. Both suspects were cited for j-walking. Nobody appeared to be injured as a result of the altercation. SFD medics responded and evaluated suspect #2 as a precautionary measure."

And via SeattleTimes.com

"Previously, Rosenthal was charged in November with second-degree robbery. According to prosecutors, she punched a 15-year-old boy in the face while she and a group of youths were on their way to a rave in South Seattle last Aug. 28. The boy told police that his cellphone and $20 were stolen in the incident. A 14-year-old boy told police that he was punched in the head and his hat was stolen.

Authorities say the case was dismissed when the boys refused to testify.

In April 2008, Rosenthal was charged with third-degree theft after she allegedly stole a minivan in Tukwila, prosecutors said. Kent police said she used a screwdriver to break the ignition and start the vehicle."

C'mon.  Bring it.   I brought my dancing shoes--I can dance all night. I can't imagine anyone with common sense actually thinking this was a cool thing for this chick to do...seriously?  And perhaps someone should address that ALLEGED gun in the onlooker's hand.

My left eye hurts after writing this post, but hey, at least I'm not posting photos of a 17-year old girl's private parts, right?

**UPDATE**

via SeattleTimes.com

Girl who shoved cop is charged — and privately apologizes to officer.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012154761_rosenthal19m.html

Oh, and a side-bar here, I was called out by another blogger for being a "Right Wing Loon" and damn near called a racist.   I've responded to these slanderous remarks on his blog numerous times, but he doesn't see fit to post any of my comments.  See what you think about his uninformed post.

http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2010/06/seattle-police-officer-punches-black.html

I know for a fact he's getting more hits on his blog than ever before, because I won't let go of this issue any more than a tigress will let go of her captured prey.  How DARE he insinuate these ugly labels...clearly he has never read this blog.