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But the police minister isn't so quick to condemn the officer's decision. Minister Kareem Musa has emphasized before that whenever cops are caught on camera, we only get to see a snapshot of the situation, and we don't know what led to the climax.
And today he told us that if the matter is reported to the PSB, the officer should get a fair chance to tell her side of the story as well.
KAREEM MUSA, MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS
"I saw the video and I've said this previously, and I will say it again, I have a great difficulty utilizing or analyzing spliced videos that give you half of the story When Mr. Wilson turned his camera on or when his video started, you could hear the constable, the PC In that particular case, I believe it's PC Hoare, actually saying you came in here and you disrespected me. Now, I do not think that PC Hoare just made that up. Obviously something transpired before that for Mr. Wilson to then turn on his camera. And so you do not get a full picture. I think that some disrespect might have happened before, but obviously the person video-ing did not include it..."
"And I think that is very unfair. And I'm in no way trying to excuse the way in which PC Haore responded, but at the same time, she is human. Before she's a police officer, she is human. And at the same time, if you go in and disrespect an officer for no reason, then she's just doing her job. And perhaps you might be saying, Oh, I call this one hour, or I will call the COMPOL, or I will call a minister for help, that is the most demoralizing thing that you can tell a police officer that you're going to call their superiors when they are in execution of their duty. And so I think that we, as a law abiding members of society, before we turn on our cameras, ask yourself, are you in fact, being law abiding?"
