Quote Originally Posted by BMW

Lets look at facts that anyone can see by watching the video.

1) She was asked to step out to the vehicle. At this point he did not say she was under arrest. It is protocol for an officer to get to a safe and comfortable area before he starts letting his guard down. She did not comply.

2) She was told that she would be pepper sprayed if she didn't comply with his orders. Once again, she was told before hand, before the pepper spray was even taken out. At this point, most people would probably think, "Holy shit, 10 million scovilles in a can. I'd better not fuck around." When she refused a second time, thats when she took it from a simple questioning, to a resisting.

Those are facts. Anyone can agree that that is what happened because it is blatantly apparent on video.

Yes, pepper spray was excessive. She was a smaller frame and could have easily been cuffed and taken out. Officer discretion states that pepper spray can be used to help subdue an unruly suspect once a fair warning is given.

Everyones just hung up on the fact that the officer was wrong. Yes, he was wrong and he did give her a 10 instead of a 20, but the way she handled it took a misunderstanding and escalated it to a problem.
The problem I have with this comment/situation is the fact that the officer is the one to be held to a higher standard & code of conduct, not the under aged girl working the drive through. He felt that she had taken his $20 but the manager let him know that there wasn't a $20 in the register. At that point, if he still felt he was beging ripped off, as Jaimecbr900 said, he could have watched the same video we all watched in order to clear up any remaining suspicions. This could have been easily handled especially since an acting manager was on site. From what I saw in the video, the manager seemed to be pretty level headed & this entire situation could have been handled & resolved between the cop & the manager. This appears to be a not too uncommon case where a police officer flexed unnecessary muscle.

...and...the officer didn't just ask the girl to step outside. He said "You're under arrest, you come with me!" Regardless of how ignorant the girl may have acted, she didn't do anything to warrant an arrest. I don't know about you but, I love my freedom & I'm not too willing to give it up, especially if I hadn't done anything wrong.

This cop should have been fired in my opinion. If a $20 misunderstanding prompted him to pepper spray a girl at a drive through, I'd hate to see what he would do if he stopped someone on the street and mistook their cell phone for a handgun. Being a police officer is a very tough job. You put your life on the line everyday but, you also have the lives of others in your hands at any given moment. If you can't treat them both the same, you should find another line of work.