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Michelle Jordan, a 34-year-old mother and registered nurse, was pulled over by police for talking on her phone while driving in Tujunga, California and initially refused to comply with their requests. But a video shows her climbing out of the car and being repeatedly thrown to the ground. When the two officers eventually put Jordan in the car, they appear to share a congratulatory fist bump. Jordan sustained horrific bruising and cuts to her upper body and face (right) and has filed complaints against the officers.
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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Attack: Michelle Jordan, 34, shows off her injuries after she was allegedly repeatedly thrown to the floor by LAPD officers after she was pulled over for talking on her mobile phone while driving
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.
'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.
'Brutal': A surveillance camera catches the officers throwing her to the ground as she gets out of her car
'Force': Jordan is cuffed, left, by the police car and she is then thrown to the ground by one officer, right
'Satisfied': The two officers then fist bump in an apparently congratulatory sign
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.'
Bruised: Jordan suffered cuts and bruises to the top of her body and face as she was thrown to the ground
Sore: Her chest also sustained scratches. Jordan has now filed a personal complaint against the officers
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.
Witness: Raymond Branch said, although the woman should have been arrested, they went 'overboard'
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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PPL 2 LOST IN THEM SMART PHONES & AFRAID NOWADAYS,BUT IT WONT B NO FUN SOON AS THE RABIT WILL HAVE THE GUN
investigate? they need 2 b put in front a firing squad,ppl like them need someone 2 just wipe them out,mi fraid a police than gunman ina dem ya time,Sean Bell Amadu Diallo,Oscar Grant III,wanna b cop kill Travon Martin,THEY SHOULD KNO MORE GUNS IN THE STREETS THAN STATION OR WHEN THEM DRIVING ALONE IN THEIR CAR,PPL GONNA RISE UP SOON
Comment by tym2revolute on September 7, 2012 at 6:16pm Can they say lawsuit?
Its funny when certain people get hurt theres action being taken without much demanding. uhh, well hope they pay anyways cus these police think there some kind of gods.
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE
yes yes something has got to be done wit these a****** cops you can call them if you need them bacause they might just beat the hell out u or kill you an there is nothing being done about it because the main man says it justified
Hello madam,the reason I pulled you over is for talking on your cell phone while driving,I will have to issue you a ticket. NO NO NO need for the excessive force that these bastards are using on the public over some simple infractions that could be settle with just a warning.whats up with these thugs we employ in the police force...CAN YOU IMAGINE IF SHE WAS OF ANOTHER RACE...MAYBE SOME BROKEN BONES. Mr Officer you all need to stop this kind of sh&%.
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