We're not choosing punishment. We're regaining control over a potentially volatile security situation.
No one doubt's you do a highly stressful and volatile job, we applaud you for that. This situation is a little different however. You've quite simply got a cop who's taking his anger out on a 15 year old girl and that can't be justified in any way. Hell, if it was a 15 year old boy who actively prompted the beatdown I doubt people here would be so sympathetic.
The thing that pisses me off the most is the several previous incident's which clearly show this guy doesn't have the ability to be a safe police officer. If this guy get's sued, they should also look into who made the decision to keep him on after his numerous fuckups.
Oh, and someone mentioned about leave them with one shoe on. I'm guessing they have to take the shoes off to prevent hangings by shoelace, particularly by minors.