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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman punched by cop during New Jersey beach arrest indicted for assault of a police officer
A female beachgoer who was struck twice by a New Jersey cop during a forcible arrest in May has been indicted on a pair of counts of aggravated assault of a police officer, authorities announced Monday.
Emily Weinman, whose arrest in Wildwood over Memorial Day weekend went viral, also faces charges of resisting arrest, obstruction and throwing bodily fluids.
The 20-year-old had declined a plea deal in July.
She was arrested after police approached her after seeing her near a beer bottle she claimed belonged to her aunt.
She passed two breathalyzer tests but repeatedly declined to provide her last name to the officers and began to leave as a cop continued to question her.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-punched-by-cop-during-new-jersey-beach-arrest-indicted-for-aggravated-assault-of-a-police-officer/ar-AAAB4bs?li=BBnb7Kz
Not saying she was right but she's a rather tiny person. The cop didn't need to punch her.
LandOfHopeAndDreams
(872 posts)WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Her actions before or after mean very little. There was zero reason for those punches to be thrown.
Her name is mentioned in the article but the assaulters name is not. I watched the video with the sound down so am not sure if his name was mentioned.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And unless they arrest you, you don't have to hang around even if they want to question you.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)You can refuse to talk to cops, but they can legally detain you for purposes of investigation without arresting you and you are not free to leave at such time