Seattle cop punches woman, action caught on video

June 16th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt

Seattle, Jun 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a shocking incident a Seattle cop punched a woman, and the whole episode has been caught on video as well.

The incident started when the concerned police officer saw that a teenager was jaywalking across the Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, in the afternoon at around 3 pm. He wanted to stop the teenager from doing so, but before he could do so, he saw that four other women were also jaywalking on the road. They were jaywalking about 15 feet from the pedestrian crosswalk, where the pedestrians ought to legally cross the road.

According to the officials, “The officer instructed the females to step over to his vehicle. They were verbally antagonistic.” Then one of the females who was also a teenager started to walk away then the concerned Seattle police officer went up to her, and escorted her back. But the intention of the police officer wasn’t taken in the right spirit. Instead the female began to shout at the officer, and also start to pull away from the grip of the officer.

Then an argument ensued and soon the other friends of the female jumped in the fray. They also pushed the police officer and then the police officer had no option, but to punch one of them in the face.

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