Video shows Colorado officer throwing woman down face-first

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Video shows Colorado officer throwing woman down face-first
Updated 1:25 pm, Sunday, April 9, 2017



FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A video spreading on social media shows a police officer in Colorado throwing a woman face-first onto a sidewalk after a scuffle.

Police spokeswoman Kate Kimble tells the Coloradoan newspaper (http://noconow.co/2oaZelr ) that the woman struck the officer in the university town of Fort Collins on Thursday after police detained her boyfriend. Kimble says the officer used "standard arrest control" to subdue her.

Kimble says the department has its own video from police body-worn cameras. She says that video hasn't been released because the case is still open. The department will review the officer's use of force.

Police identified the woman as 22-year-old Michaella Surat. She was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault and obstructing a peace officer and released on bond.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Video-shows-Colorado-officer-throwing-woman-down-11061299.php

[yallerdawg]

1. Stunning footage of jack-booted thuggery.

This is exactly where we need zero tolerance.

[Norbert9]

2. That's what you get when you elect a Law and Order president

[ToxMarz]

3. I think this and the new President are symptoms of something already

infecting much of the country.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. A throw like that on a solid surface can kill a person.

Wayyyy overreaction. Especially since there were other officers that could help subdue.

[cstanleytech]

7. Agreed unless there is another video from another angle showing her reaching for a weapon

or something that could be perceived as being an actual risk to the officer or someone else there was no reason or need to throw her to the ground like that and hopefully the officer will be looking for a new job soon.

[lunasun]

5. Whoa that is a hard hit to the floor

[BigOleDummy]

6. Totally

... unacceptable! But did you hear the guy laughing in the background? Even worse imho and a symptom of something much deeper wrong with us.

[snooper2]

8. Little rough on the entitled young woman