What I was thinking of was not just hands-on, but causing injury. For example, the female cop could have kicked him in the knee when he picked up the officer, but that would have caused significant injury and pain. Sometimes people forget that it takes more officers if you expect them to apprehend belligerent suspects without injury. I agree there wasn't a lot she could have done short of beating on the guy. Wouldn't tasing the guy have tased both of them?
I think cops are often justified in putting a serious beat down on people who fight them. It seems to me there isn't enough done to discourage that behavior.
This was part of my point. You have to be VERY strong to take down an uncooperative suspect without serious injury.
It's not particularly hard, as you noted, to take out a joint or club someone over the head with a blunt instrument. If we expect cops to avoid injuries while apprehending even uncooperative suspects,
then we can't have women police officers. They will either be a hindrance or actually in danger, themselves.
If we want to worship at the altar of diversity and sexual
equality sameness, then we have to accept criminals being injured more often. If we want to coddle criminals, we have to jettison female police officers.
Of course, we're actually going to do neither of those and will just put police officers in unnecessary danger, both males and females.