She thought it was all going to take fifteen minutes. Instead it took eight hours. And she believes the police were being vindictive for putting her in plastic handcuffs, finger printing her over and over and bussing her from jail to jail all afternoon long, causing her to miss many appointments in her busy schedule. I suspect the police were being vindictive in their treatment of the Councilwoman. But then if I were being forced to play the part of a bad guy cop in the video life story of Jackie Goldberg, I might be a little unhappy, too.
Police officers are union members, just like the striking janitors.
I'm not sure I would want my children watching me slapping handcuffs on an elected official, who was just demonstrating for a good cause. And after a hot afternoon of dealing with angry people I might object to being ordered to participate in a farce like the Councilwoman's staged arrest. I might be tempted to keep Ms. Goldberg under arrest for even more than eight hours. But given that LAPD might have gone a little overboard in their treatment of the Councilwoman, there are established political procedures Ms. Goldberg can use for getting even. And none of them involve calling a press conference.