Video shows white officers throwing black woman to floor at Waffle House

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS News

By ALEX SUNDBY CBS NEWS April 23, 2018, 10:55 AM


Last Updated Apr 23, 2018 11:28 AM EDT

An Alabama police department said it was investigating the arrest of a 25-year-old black woman at a Waffle House by three white officers over the weekend. The police department in Saraland, located just outside Mobile, said it was aware of video posted to social media that shows officers pushing the woman to the floor, during which her chest becomes exposed, and restraining her.

The video captured one officer telling the woman on the floor that he was about to break her arm.

"When the facts of the investigation are gathered, we will have a response," the police department said Sunday in a statement posted to Facebook.

The arrested woman was identified as Chikesia Clemons, CBS affiliate WKRG-TV reports. Her mother, Chiquitta Clemons-Howard, told AL.com that the incident stemmed from her daughter asking for plastic utensils as she was placing her order at the Waffle House early Sunday.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saraland-waffle-house-arrest-video-alabama-police-chikesia-clemons/

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I dont care about the obvious edit, the cops DONT BELONG there

in the first god damn place

[Judi Lynn]

2. Video of woman arrested at a Waffle House triggers outrage and disagreement

BY LUIS SANCHEZ - 04/23/18 04:31 PM EDT

A video showing police officers arresting a black woman at a Waffle House in Saraland, Ala., and causing her breasts to be exposed in the process, has led to outrage from the community and a growing furor online.

The incident, which reportedly began Sunday after a disagreement about a 50 cent charge for plastic utensils, triggered a sit-in protest at the Saraland Waffle House on Sunday afternoon.

More:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/384474-video-of-woman-arrested-at-a-waffle-house-triggers-outrage-and

[Bengus81]

5. You have to PAY for eating utensils?? WTF?!?!?!

[democratisphere]

3. All of THIS over a lousy set of plastic flatware?

Never heard of any restaurant charging for plastic flatware. I will remember not to patronize a Waffle House next time I'm down south. Crazy!

[heaven05]

4. why you think

they are called pigs? I don't see any reason for treating this woman like this by these pigs. They totally did not care about her being disrobed, by them. I bet these two pigs had a good laugh after this 'arrest'. Okay 'excusers', have at it.

[dalton99a]

6. Waffle House says 'police intervention was appropriate'

Link to tweet

[Cold War Spook]

7. The Hill has some more information.

Even though the workers at Waffle House said they didn't agree with what she said to police, they said that there was no need for the police to intervene. I would like to know why the cops were there. Who called them and why did they call them.

[dhill926]

8. this fucking asshole was pawing her...

before she was thrown to the ground. This is beyond wrong...

[W T F]

9. Just in case no one has noticed, Cops are all "Skin Heads"

[Rainbow Droid]

10. The wording bothers me almost as much as the incident itself. "The facts are developed"

Facts do not develop. Your awareness and understanding of facts develops, but the facts themselves do not. The facts that "develop" are usually not facts at all, but narrative. Narrative develops. Facts do not.

[TNNurse]

11. Think the cop will be charged with a sex crime??

Me neither, but maybe he should.