she admitted to tapping a cop's helmet "very lightly to get his attention" is a lot different than "admitted hitting a cop".
This is taking things deliberately out of context... that elderly woman, and distinguished professor, absolutely did not need to be head tackled onto the pavement for "very lightly" tapping a cop to get his attention...
and fuck this patronizing, fascist apologist twitter tweeting tw... x? she couldn't hurt a cop or resist arrest if she wanted to. And even if she did (she didn't) she wouldn't need to be head tackled onto pavement.