A man and woman are out in their front yard fighting. It has been my experience that people under the influence of booze do and say strange things. They lose their inhibitions, for example. But don't get me wrong. I'm not one who automatically takes the side of police in every case.
Police officers are human.
They have bad days. They're capable of bad judgment. In the 10 years I've lived in Amarillo, I recall several instances where our police demonstrated extraordinarily bad judgment. One case stands out in my mind because it resulted in an unarmed man being shot dead. You never quite forget things like that.