We’ve had many interactions with the Carlsbad PD. With the exception of one loud-mouthed, aggressive jerk, they were all exceptionally professional and well-mannered. They were so nice, we were actually shocked by their behavior.
In one instance a friend’s young child called 911 from a park phone without telling anyone (the other kids came up and told us about it after he had made the call). Up in L.A., the cops come down hard on the parents when something like this happens. But the Carlsbad police officer who responded to the call saw that the boy was freaking out — he thought he was going to jail — and gave a public education demonstration to the kids, showing them all the gear they wear and answering questions the kids had, etc., instead of threatening and berating us. He was **amazing** in the way he handled everything. And that was just one incident; we’ve had others that were also very positive.
I agree with meadandale and blogstar. We are only shown a video of what happened after-the-fact. She might be a middle-aged white woman driving a minivan with two kids in it, but that doesn’t mean she’s a model citizen. It was pretty clear in this video that she was putting up a fight and resisting arrest. We really can’t make a determination based on this short snippet of a video. We need to see and hear the entire story in order to make an informed judgment.
