Hero police tackle dangerous thugs

Please have a gander at this video from the Grauniad of two 'women' getting arrested for the heinous crime of asking a policeman for his collar number.

I would particularly like to hear from serving officers; would you call this a proportionate use of force? Would you have deployed the taser if available? Is grabbing her by the throat to show her face to the camera an "approved home office technique"? Is four days in prison (before being released without charge) par for the course when asking an on-duty officer without visible ID for his/her collar number?

I know the police often have to deal with violent, drunken, drugged-up and downright dangerous people, and in which case force must be used, sometimes a lot of it. But here? Come on lads and lasses...

THIS is the kind of thing that causes people to lose trust, faith, and respect for the police. A coked-up thug kicking off at 2am? Go for it. Two hippy women pestering you for your number? Nah, sorry.