Well the article says that she was trying to 'grab handfuls of his genitalia...and kick in the same place'. if she was doing this extremely hard, and lets not forget she could be wearing stilletos (nightclub), she could leave a permanant damage on the officer. Also, the two people fell down a flight of stairs, which looks remarkably long to me...did she pull the officer down the stairs as she stumbled under the effects of 'drinking brandy and [becoming]...aggressive' or did the officer just trip due to the violence which she must have supplied in the first place for the incident to occur? or another option? Upon the matter of the officer striking her, alcohol is a depressent, and she was drinking brandy, which means there is a strong possibility that there could be a substantial amount within here system. this would mean that pain would be reduced, therefore, if the officer was to subdue her he would have to use more force than usually necassary, therefore, i think there is justification for the increased force; i mean, they took several officers to subdue her at all (the atricle says). There seems to be a strong case in the officers defence. As for a racist incident...well...would you stand and take it from someone who was trying to greiviously harm you in your genitalia???