Citizen,
Officer, what would you do if you saw this? Report.
A 5’ 4”
woman, tackled and thrown to the ground—twice.
The second time the two officers did this, “suspect” Michelle Jordan was
already in handcuffs and at the police car.
After
picking Jordan’s scraped body up from the ground a second time and shoving her
into the police car, the two officers shared a celebratory “fist bump.”
The
good thing is that the entire incident was caught on video from a fast food
restaurant across the parking lot. This
way, nobody can lie about what happened.
The
bad thing is that the commanding officer, Capt. Joseph Hitner, allegedly knew
about the video tape for a week and took no steps to remove the other two
officers from duty, or to report the incident to the proper chain of
command. Hitner has now been removed
from commanding duty pending an investigation but has retained his rank.
LA
Police Chief Beck said Hitner was “severely deficient in his response.”
No
kidding.
See linked articles to NBC Los Angeles and Huffington Post for
background source and more information.
