Nobody Has Ever Had A Worse Game Day Experience Than This U Miami Female Fan Who Got Punched In The Face By A Cop Then Charged With Felony Battery

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Police are investigating a videotaped altercation where a University of Miami football fan slaps an officer, who then punches her in the head.

Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said in an email Sunday that Bridget Freitas, a 30-year-old nurse, has been charged with felony battery on a police officer and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. He said the department is reviewing the video to make sure proper procedures were followed in the altercation at Hard Rock Stadium during Miami’s win Saturday over Virginia Tech.

First things first, before we get to the rest of the story, just to address the elephant in the room:  I don’t care if she’s a 30 year old nurse.  That’s the same exact thing as a 19 year old sophomore.  Miami football runs in your veins, it’s permanent, it doesn’t just fade away because you grow up and got a successful career and became an “adult.”  So instead of wondering “what’s a grown respected woman doing acting like a drunk sorority chick in the student section at a football game?” wonder what’s wrong with anyone who WOULDN’T be.

In the 14-second video posted on Twitter, four uniformed officers pick up Freitas, who was wearing a green and orange Miami jersey. Three carry her up the steps, with one officer hoisting her torso with his arms under her shoulders and the other two carrying her legs.

With her eyes half-closed, Freitas flails with her open hand at Detective Douglas Ross, who is carrying her right leg. She misses the back of his head, but nails him in the face with her backhand.

Ross immediately reacts, hitting her in the head with his right fist, causing her to crumble in the officers’ arms as she is carried out of view of the camera. Freitas is Hispanic, according to the report. Ross is black.

Okay here’s where we get to the most fun debate on the internet!  Happens every time and I love it, it’s so fun to read and get swept up in the hottest of hot takes.  The “if you don’t want to get hit, don’t hit him. Simple.”  “Never resist arrest under any circumstances, this is what happens.”  “If you hit a cop you deserve everything you get.”  I mean…you should never, ever hit a police officer.  Obviously.   You shouldn’t resist arrest of course but you DEFINITELY shouldn’t open hand slap a cop arresting you on the back of the head.  That’s automatic tacked-on charges and a rougher handcuffing.

I don’t know – I just don’t believe, in my heart, that this is the appropriate response

A fully grown, big, burly man absolutely cold cocking a drunk girl with a hammerhead right hand straight to the face.  Nobody likes getting hit.  Nobody likes some drunk ass obnoxious girl slapping their head.  As an officer of the law I feel like you have to swallow your anger a little bit and not smash a female’s nose through the back of her brain like Bruce Lee.  Feel like she should spend some time in a jail cell instead of ending up with shattered orbital bones.   Seems a bit excessive to me.  That’s just one man’s opinion.

Also this is the reason they invented the saying “adding insult to injury”:

Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said in an email Sunday that Bridget Freitas, a 30-year-old nurse, has been charged with felony battery on a police officer and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Waking up from your haymaker-induced coma to find out you’re facing felony charges.

At least Miami won!