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According to Phil Trexler of the Beacon Journal, 35-year-old mother of three Siobhan Householder was in a holding room waiting while a arrest warrant was being lifted when she reached into her purse and took a dose of prescription Tylenol, then went to take one additional pill when she was stopped by Deputy Eric Vaughan. Householder told the reporter that Vaughan demanded she spit out the medication, and she tried to tell him she wasn't able to because she had already swallowed it, when Vaughan launched himself at her, physically restraining her on the floor as he attempted to get her mouth open.
Video of the event shows Vaughan pulling her hair, cramming his fingers in her mouth, and trying to pry her jaw open. "He was pulling down on my bottom lip and squeezing my face at the same time," she told the Journal Beacon. "He basically pulled my lip away from my teeth."
By the end of the scene Householder was handcuffed in a scrum of four officers, and according to reports she was treated in the room by paramedics. Later she was taken to a hospital, and also charged with "resisting arrest and obstructing official business."
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Excessive and unprovoked police violence is becoming a growing problem in our nation. We've already seen it happen during arrests, and now, it may be spreading out to holding rooms, even when people aren't in an officer's custody. Unprovoked officer violence must be stopped. A person should not have to fear for their safety simply for taking a painkiller while waiting for a warrant to be dropped.
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951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)and the police is at war with you the easier the beatings will be and remember, if he starts grabbing your breasts and you fight back, you will be charged with assault and a jury will convict you!
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Woman Says Misogynistic Cop Arrested Her, Punched Her, Grabbed Breasts for Carrying Pug in Subway
http://gothamist.com/2009/06/30/woman_says_misogynistic_cop_arreste.php#
Cops sexually assault mother, break 10-year-old son's leg
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-break-kid-leg-sexually-abuse-mom-article-1.1602489
Woman Sexually Assaulted by NYPD Convicted of Felony Assault
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/05/1297102/-Woman-Sexually-Assaulted-Beaten-by-NYPD-Convicted-of-Felony-Assault
Woman's face after encounter with two male Albuquerque Police officers in 2012
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liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)They're the best!!!!!!!