Shocking video 'shows LAPD officers bodyslamming woman onto pavement after she
was pulled over for talking on her cell phone'
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A shocking video shows the moment two Los Angeles Police
Department officers apparently grabbed a female motorist and bodyslammed her
twice to the ground in a parking lot.
Michelle Jordan, a 34-year-old mother and registered
nurse, sustained horrific bruising and cuts in the attack, which took place
after she was pulled over for talking on her mobile phone.
The brutal arrest was captured by a surveillance camera
after the officers followed her car into a Del Taco restaurant parking lot in
the Tujunga area on August 11.
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Officials told the Los Angeles Times that Jordan
had ignored the officers' orders to stay in her car and began arguing with
them.
On the video, obtained by NBC4, she is seen
getting out of the car before she is knocked to the ground by one of the
officers.
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'A short time later while still handcuffed another
encounter occurred between Jordan and the officers and she was taken to the
ground a second time,' a statement released by LAPD admitted.
After getting up and moving towards the patrol car, an
officer picks her up and then bodyslams her to the ground. As she sits in the
car, the two officers appear to fist bump in celebration.
Eyewitness Raymond Branch, who was outside the Del Taco,
was shocked by the confrontation.
'The first part, I believe they had a right to arrest her
for resisting, but the second part was overboard,' Branch said.
Jordan and her lawyers admit that she was arguing and
accepted her arrest. But they maintain she was treated with unnecessary force
and have filed a personal complaint against the officers.
'She made some unwise moves,' her attorney Sy Nazif told ABC7. 'But
certainly nothing that warranted a physical assault from the LAPD.
'If anyone on the street attacked an innocent woman, they
would be in jail. We expect the LAPD officers to be held to the same standard.'
The LAPD has launched an investigation. Both officers -
one with 22 years of service, the other a probationary officer with 10 months
experience - have been placed
'My initial review of the officers' statements and the
recorded video cause me to have serious concerns about this Use of Force,' LAPD
Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement.
'We will investigate this thoroughly and hold our
officers accountable for their actions.'
Jordan was arrested on suspicion of interfering/resisting
arrest and later released.
It is the latest incident involving apparently rough
arrests by LAPD officers.
Earlier this month, 20-year-old skateboarder Ronald
Weekley Jr. was tackled and pinned to the ground outside his Venice home, in an
arrest that was caught on a mobile phone. An internal investigation has been
launched into the arrest.
On Monday, Deutsche Bank executive Brian Mulligan filed a
$50 million lawsuit against the department, claiming two officers held him
captive and beat him on May 15.
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