Video shows Colorado officer throwing woman down face-first
Source: Associated Press
Video shows Colorado officer throwing woman down face-first
Updated 1:25 pm, Sunday, April 9, 2017
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A video spreading on social media shows a police officer in Colorado throwing a woman face-first onto a sidewalk after a scuffle.
Police spokeswoman Kate Kimble tells the Coloradoan newspaper (http://noconow.co/2oaZelr ) that the woman struck the officer in the university town of Fort Collins on Thursday after police detained her boyfriend. Kimble says the officer used "standard arrest control" to subdue her.
Kimble says the department has its own video from police body-worn cameras. She says that video hasn't been released because the case is still open. The department will review the officer's use of force.
Police identified the woman as 22-year-old Michaella Surat. She was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault and obstructing a peace officer and released on bond.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Video-shows-Colorado-officer-throwing-woman-down-11061299.php
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)This is exactly where we need zero tolerance.
Norbert9
(494 posts)ToxMarz
(2,167 posts)infecting much of the country.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,328 posts)Wayyyy overreaction. Especially since there were other officers that could help subdue.
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)or something that could be perceived as being an actual risk to the officer or someone else there was no reason or need to throw her to the ground like that and hopefully the officer will be looking for a new job soon.
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lunasun
(21,646 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts)... unacceptable! But did you hear the guy laughing in the background? Even worse imho and a symptom of something much deeper wrong with us.