Was it wrong for the McKinney, Texas police officer to use excess force to subdue the teenager girl

Framework The title of the debate is "Was it wrong for the McKinney, Texas police officer to use excess force to subdue the teenager girl". This debate is not about, whether the pulling of the gun was wrong, it's not about whether the officer could have dealt with the situation in a nicer way. The debate is about whether or not excessive force is used, and whether the specific action to subdue the girl is wrong. My opponent has wandered from the resolution on numerous circumstances, and has argued from emotion. The next are some direct responses to con, but they aren't really necessary, since he has literally dropped all of my arguments. He dropped my argument about the use of force continuum. He dropped my argument that police are given power to use their discretion to apply force, by the citizens through a Democratic process, he has dropped my arguments that the force wasn't excessive, he has dropped so many points that it isn't worth mentioning them at all. Direct Responses " I have to admit that perhaps my opponent did not see the entire video, so let me take a different approach so that Con can grasp the situation at hand." I've seen the situation, and sir you're talking about events surrounding the situation and if those actions were wrong, but the debate is specifically about the handling of the girl, though those facts may be necessary to understand the question of wrongness, but whether those specific actions are right or wrong, is not within the realm of this debate. " She is 14 years old, unarmed, wearing a bikini bathing suit, and to my knowledge it is unknown why he singled her out. Perhaps she was not following the command to leave the premises" Yep she failed to obey that command, so he ordered her belly down as a response, since she refused that second command, he was authorized to use physical force to make her lay down. His order was lawful and according to the law, you must obey lawful orders from an officer. Her age, and the fact she is wearing a bathing suit has no bearing on policy. The policy is made to treat everyone the same, equality is an attribute we value in a democratic society, as applying the law differently to pretty girls in bikinis would be unjust. "My argument for his behavior using excess force stems from the fact that the girl was unarmed, was not involved in the altercation that preceded the police call, and the fact that he clearly singled her out because she failed to leave, then so did a lot of teens in that crowd. I believe he chose the wrong way to get his job done, he made matters worse." As I argued when use of force was in accordance with policy, the fact she is unarmed doesn't mean that the officer is no longer justified in using force. Singling somebody out somebody for disobeying a lawful order is a good thing to do, but beside the point, because we're not debating whether singling her out was wrong, only whether his use of force was. I believe he could've handled the situation better myself, he could of came into it with a better attitude, but it should be noted that cops who are jerks have the same authority to use force to gain compliance as one that is a nice guy, and if she resisted any officer after they ordered her to lay down, she would've had them use force on her. Now you can argue that other cops wouldn't have escalated the event that far, but it's beside the point and something that is also unknowable. The Chief The chief is a new argument in the final round, but I'll explain what he meant. The officer using foul language is against policy, and the officer acting so aggressively and like a jerk was unprofessional, but the portion of the video, we're debating is the takedown of the girl. The takedown is justified, other things he did was not. The chief wasn't saying that every action the officer took was against policy, he was saying that the officer did a bad job overall. Had this debate been about overall performance on the scene, I wouldn't accept it. The debate however is about the specific use of force on the girl. Conclusion After several arguments dropped. After my opponent barely staying on topic, you have to award argument points to me. Thanks for reading.