Shocking video shows LA officers slamming woman to the ground and pepper spraying her in FACE
Shocking moment Los Angeles cops slam woman to the ground and spray her with pepper spray for filming them making an arrest while responding to a grocery store robbery
- Bodycam footage shows MPs slamming the body of a woman who was recording
- The incident began with a shoplifting investigation involving the woman and a man
- The deputies concerned have been reassigned from their duties in the field
Shocking footage of a woman being knocked to the ground and pepper sprayed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies outside a grocery store last month has surfaced.
The incident happened June 24 outside a WinCo store in Lancaster, about 73 miles north of Los Angeles.
A man and a woman, whose names and ages have not been released, were apprehended outside the store on shoplifting charges.
The woman was recording the encounter on her phone as the man began talking to officers.
He asks, ‘Why am I under arrest…for what?’ and the officer responds by saying he is “not under arrest” and has just been detained.
Shocking body camera footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shows a woman thrown to the ground and pepper sprayed outside a grocery store last month
The man appears to get upset and responds by asking why he is being held and is told to “calm down” by another deputy.
The responding officers can be seen handcuffing him before walking towards the woman on her phone recording the ordeal.
As the police try to grab her arm, she pushes them away and shouts, “No, you can’t touch me!”
The deputies then tell her to stop as one of them grabs her and throws her to the ground.
‘Lay down on the ground!’ yells the deputy.
The woman responds by informing them that her recording is “already on YouTube live!”
“Stop it or I’ll punch you in the face,” the deputy said.
“You hit me, you’ll be sued,” she retorts.
The incident took place on June 24 outside a WinCo store in Lancaster, about 73 miles north of Los Angeles, with this woman recording the attacked footage after she breached her detention.
The deputies then tell her to stop resisting as one of them manhandles her and throws her to the ground as she asks them to stop
The woman responds by informing them that her recording is “already on YouTube live!” “Stop or I’ll punch you in the face,” said the deputy
The deputy then pepper sprays the woman as the confrontation continues, while the woman also claims she “can’t breathe” and the deputy puts a knee on her neck.
Cellphone video showed someone saying the woman had cancer and asking them not to “smack her like that”.
The sheriff’s department said in a statement that the affected deputies have been reassigned and are awaiting further administrative review.
“While the department is not making statements related to ongoing investigations, Sheriff [Robert] Luna has made it clear that he expects Department staff to treat all members of the public with dignity and respect, and that staff who fail to meet our training standards will be held accountable.
Deputies have already hired a lawyer, Tom Yu, who says the narrative that this is a case of police brutality is false.
Sheriff Robert Luna released a statement saying a full investigation is underway and deputies have been reassigned
Deputies have already hired a lawyer, Tom Yu, who says the narrative that this is a case of police brutality is false
“There’s a story that says, ‘Deputies hit her because she was recording,’ Yu told ABC7. “She’s not an innocent bystander. She’s involved. flight.
Yu claims that if she had done as she was told, force would not have been used.
According to KTLA, a demonstration will take place to hold the deputies involved accountable on Wednesday in front of this same store.
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