You can draw your own conclusions, but what I see is somebody preparing, consciously, to use the force of slamming their elbow into a police officer's face in o

You can draw your own conclusions, but what I see is somebody preparing, consciously, to use the force of slamming their elbow into a police officer's face in order to escape from that officer. What is the point of the wording "preparing consciously"? Can you prepare for something unconsciously? If someone gropes you from behind, some conscious effort is required to defend yourself. Fact-free magazines like Cosmopolitan may display sympathy for people like Ms. McMillan, but here at HackerNews we should not. Please don't use the term "we". I'm not a sociopath and I have sympathy for people who were treated unjustfully.