Originally Posted by Rochard

Here we go.... I understand it's a "perfectly natural response", but hitting a police officer is never acceptable. In this case, the 14 year old knew exactly what was going down - his mother was in trouble for breaking the law. The kid had zero justification to take any action.

The fact that it is a fourteen year old kid attacking a fully grown police office is irreverent here - If the police officer is struggling to subdue a 130 lbs woman and the kid grabs his gun it doesn't matter how big the kid is.