A 17 -year -old girl injured by cruel body slam police in southern California

A material filmed by a violent arrest last week, which has since become a viral social media, shows that a police officer killed a 17-year-old girl who has been reportedly handcuffs.

May 21 The incident occurred in the San Bernardino Food4less4 food car park around 2pm, according to a family spokesman who spoke at a Sunday Press Conference outside the San Bernardine Police Department, a spokesman.

Police said they were called to the area in reports of a person lacking and someone is actively trying to fight other people Food4less.

The mobile phone video captured the moment when a teenager, first standing before the police cruiser, was raised off her feet and the officer struck the ground brutally.

A young black girl, a resident of San Bernardin, who was found only as Erin, suffered several injuries during the incident and demanded immediate treatment of a pushed wrist and a cut chin and face that needed stitches.

“He didn’t even have on her hands, but he took my child as if she were ragdoll and struck her to the ground,” said Erin’s father Christopher Crowser. – I want justice.

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In the footage of mobile phones, another officer standing in front of an officer who struck a teenager on the ground is visible by releasing his metal bar because it seems that the filming person is trying to see the girl better while she is on the ground.

As for the 17-year-old, she says the violence traumatized her.

“From that day on, I was very painful and I’m afraid to sleep,” she explained. “If I go outside, even after removing the trash, I’m afraid because I don’t know what will happen to me.”

In a statement by the officers of the San Bernardin Police Department, the officer was able to handcuff only one of Erin’s hands, when she reportedly began to retreat and walk, and then the officer used the Takedown maneuver.

Erin’s family believes that the whole situation was inappropriate, and they call for the State Prosecutor General Rob Bont to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident.

“It’s not right,” said Erin’s grandfather Michael Phillips. “I don’t blame all the police. I just want someone who felt forced to sink into my granddaughter.”

The family lawyer said the KTLA was going to bring a lawsuit against the Police Department.

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