You may be right, but I think it hinges on whether she was authorized to be there. If it was in the publicly accessible portion of a public building during business hours, she can’t be trespassed unless she was breaking some law. Her mere presence isn’t a crime, and whether the employees want her there or not is legally irrelevant. That’s simply not their call to make, and the police are only empowered to enforce actual laws… not office policies or the personal preferences of public servants.
I think the whole thing hinges on that. If she was not allowed to be there, the whole mess was probably legal, although the cops were still douchebags who should have tried to de-escalate rather than get butthurt when a mere citizen didn’t instantly genuflect to “Mah uh-THOR-i- Tay.”
If she WAS allowed to be there, all the charges are likely to be dropped and she may end up with a tidy settlement paid by the local taxpayers.
Mind you, I’m not defending her. I stipulated that she’s an idiot, and did her fair share of escalation, but it shouldn’t be up to the citizen to be the one who has to calm the cops down when their little egos get bruised.
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