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Michelle Jordan: Video shows LAPD 'brutally throwing woman onto pavement' | Mail Online

Shocking video 'shows LAPD officers bodyslamming woman onto pavement after she was pulled over for talking on her cell phone'
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PUBLISHED: 16:16 EST, 29 August 2012 | UPDATED: 16:19 EST, 29 August 2012
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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.

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'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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[TOMMYTHUNDERS]

fist bump after beating up a woman.... what a couple of losers.

 

[Zack]

since when did wrestling moves become legitimate thing?

 

[slapshot]

sensationalist media making something from nothing yet again.good job.

was that a fist bump or handing something like keys to each other?
I can tell 100% from that grainy footage.

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.

yes doing something wrong then got caught then decided to argue about it & then got taken down by A (1,singular) cop instead of being pepper sprayed,bean baged,tasered or shot?seems like this was 100% unreasonable to me.

**** off you whiny bitch.if they wanted to "brutally" throw you around you'd have hit the ground and least 3 more times and a couple of them would have been headfirst and once or twice a chokeslam for good measure you'd have some broken bones and not just look like you had a rough night at the poly

 

[TOMMYTHUNDERS]

sensationalist media making something from nothing yet again.good job.

was that a fist bump or handing something like keys to each other?
I can tell 100% from that grainy footage.


yes doing something wrong then got caught then decided to argue about it & then got taken down by A (1,singular) cop instead of being pepper sprayed,bean baged,tasered or shot?seems like this was 100% unreasonable to me.

**** off you whiny bitch.if they wanted to "brutally" throw you around you'd have hit the ground and least 3 more times and a couple of them would have been headfirst and once or twice a chokeslam for good measure you'd have some broken bones and not just look like you had a rough night at the poly

you are suggesting that the people (collective) should not be allowed to argue with or question the police.

what is a policeman's job? is it to protect the people (collective, again) or is it to harass them? if it is to protect the people, then who were they protecting in this instance? looks to me like they just hurt someone.

 

[hudpucker]

**** off you whiny bitch.if they wanted to "brutally" throw you around you'd have hit the ground and least 3 more times and a couple of them would have been headfirst and once or twice a chokeslam for good measure you'd have some broken bones and not just look like you had a rough night at the poly

Stay Classy!

 

[12watt]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfWykH05Gw[/ame]

 

[Caleb]

It's a good thing that a little grainy footage with the barest of context isn't enough to legally condemn a person. Nope, it's merely enough to rile up the gullible.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

shouldn't be driving while using a cell phone.

No phone and it wouldn't have happened.

 

[slapshot]

you are suggesting that the people (collective) should not be allowed to argue with or question the police.

what is a policeman's job? is it to protect the people (collective, again) or is it to harass them? if it is to protect the people, then who were they protecting in this instance? looks to me like they just hurt someone.

now you should know not to tell other people what they are or aren't saying and you know full well I'm not suggesting people can't question anything or anyone but as vernon says 'you mess with the bull you get the horns'.
I've been in the bracelets & been given the phonebook for tellin the force to **** off but it's part of the dance no sense at all by whinging about it afterwards.
I've also sat tight & taken it at the time then argued & won at a later date.

There's a right & wrong way to do things

If anything OTHER than this was done they'd be ****ing screaming from the rooftops why didn't they just do what they did right here.
Hindsight always has the luxury of what if's & should have & didn't have to's &
cops will be cops & the media will be media

but she's still a ****ing whiny bitch who should just shut the **** up & take it here because she sure as shit ain't innocent.
Mother?nurse?whatever did they know all this in the moment or did they see someone out of line?What's a sundress got to do with anything too?Well done news media yet again

Stay Classy!

Stay stupid!

shouldn't be driving while using a cell phone.

No phone and it wouldn't have happened.

+ 1

 

[michaelinokc]

you are suggesting that the people (collective) should not be allowed to argue with or question the police.

what is a policeman's job? is it to protect the people (collective, again) or is it to harass them? if it is to protect the people, then who were they protecting in this instance? looks to me like they just hurt someone.

If you're stupid enough to disobey a lawful command from a police officer, issued only to help insure his safety and yours and you become aggressive (even verbally), expect the officer to insure his safety and that of those around him. After all, most physical conflict comes immediately following verbal conflict.

 

[Jeremiah]

The first time I ever got pulled over I didn't know the rules and got out to go grab my ticket from the officer, since I knew I'd been speeding. All it took was him ducking behind his car door and saying in a LOUD voice, "get back in your vehicle", to make me get the **** back in the car. He didn't swear, but I knew from the tone that I had just made a bad situation worse for myself. I might have gotten away with a warning had I not done that, who knows?

I am not saying the woman should not have argued, but there is a way to do things. Watch the video for the wrong way.

 

[Electroman67]

Bodyslammed to the ground for usin the phone while drivin? And the second body slam while already restrained just for good measures?

I'm curious what a repeat offense may warrant ? Shot in the face on the spot and the video gettin put on the news to set an example to the public at large? Roadside hanging? Chokin her out on the dashboard cam?

I wonder if you'd feel different if that was your misses or a family member in the vid.

Agreed Jeremiah, pick your battles, she chose poorly here imo. Stfu, take your ticket and go on w/ your day.

 

[TOMMYTHUNDERS]

maybe she shouldn't have made a big deal out of it, but that second slam while handcuffed was pretty brutal.

if you're a cop, protect your community, don't be a power-mad dick.

 

[Electroman67]

Agreed TT, there's a time to mouth off and a time to stfu, she made the wrong choice and should have gotten taken to jail as an example of not obeying thier orders, but the slam while being cuffed seemed like something you see when they finally get someone that has eluded them for 20-30 mile chase after robbing a bank or kidnapping a child.

 

[TOMMYTHUNDERS]

Agreed TT, there's a time to mouth off and a time to stfu, she made the wrong choice and should have gotten taken to jail as an example of not obeying thier orders, but the slam while being cuffed seemed like something you see when they finally get someone that has eluded them for 20-30 mile chase after robbing a bank or kidnapping a child.

agree on all points except i think that discourse with a police officer should be encouraged and not discouraged. i'm not a fan of shutting up and taking it. someone will say "well then you'll get what you deserve, yuk yuk!" but that's the issue. we should not expect to get slammed to the ground or thrown in jail for asking police officers (or anyone else) questions.

 

[hudpucker]

Stay stupid!

Oooooh, good burn, Milhouse....

 

[KP]

If I had my way, every person caught talking or texting while driving would be body slammed head first into the ground a minimum of five times. Cell phones while driving is reckless endangerment of everyone else on the road and deserves the highest form of punishment.

 

[KP]

agree on all points except i think that discourse with a police officer should be encouraged and not discouraged. i'm not a fan of shutting up and taking it. someone will say "well then you'll get what you deserve, yuk yuk!" but that's the issue. we should not expect to get slammed to the ground or thrown in jail for asking police officers (or anyone else) questions.

There is a huge difference between discourse and arguing. Make enough traffic stops and you will see how that works.

 

[TOMMYTHUNDERS]

If I had my way, every person caught talking or texting while driving would be body slammed head first into the ground a minimum of five times. Cell phones while driving is reckless endangerment of everyone else on the road and deserves the highest form of punishment.

i agree that cell phones and driving rarely mix well, but we also can't condone the people who are supposed to be protecting us slamming handcuffed women into the ground.