“…everyone…deserves some slack when unreasonably provoked”? Common sense would tell you that if you have to handcuff a person, you should be on guard against that person lashing out at you in some way, not to mention that obviously a seated and handcuffed person doesn’t present much of a threat. The officer could have taken one step backward and solved the problem. If a person can’t control his emotions better than that he should have chosen a different career.