I kept thinking she's obviously having a tbing, and did no-one just try and sit down next to her, ask her how she's going, and try to de-escalate and talk her into calmly going with the ambos?

We probably only saw the worst of the footage. Maybe they did try. But it seemed to be all escalation....

I've spoken to some coppers who reckon 80% of their job is dealing with mental health and DV. That is not gonna work.

Not excusing the police actions, but maybe we should resource those areas properly too. There was no need for the police to be there AT ALL.