The Rialto Police Division has apologized to a household after one in every of its officers was videotaped pulling down a 16-year-old woman and putting his hand on her throat in the course of the investigation right into a site visitors cease.
“At a time when our police division strives to construct group relationships, we actually fell quick on this encounter,” Police Chief Mark Kling stated in a written assertion Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Kling has requested the San Bernardino County District Legal professional’s Workplace decide whether or not the officer dedicated any crimes. The Police Division is investigating whether or not the unidentified officer, who has been positioned on paid depart, violated any division insurance policies. Officers are inspecting what occurred in and out of doors the 49-second video.
The woman, who was initially arrested on suspicion of assault on a peace officer, has been launched from custody.
Two officers have been concerned within the arrest that occurred a couple of minutes after 4 p.m. on Friday on the nook of South Linden Avenue and Pinedale Avenue.
The teenager, whose identify was not publicly introduced, was stopped for using a motorized bike that was not avenue authorized and driving too quick on a residential avenue, Kling stated. The teenager refused to determine herself, together with the place she lived, and lied about her age, Kling stated. She was arrested as a result of officers couldn't show her identification or launch her with a quotation to seem in court docket, he stated.
The video, which was posted on TikTok, picks up the confrontation with officers holding the woman’s arms as they stand on the sidewalk.
“I don’t wish to harm you,” one officer says.
Because the woman says, “Hey go get my …” that very same officer wraps his proper arm across the woman’s waist and spins her to the bottom.
“Hey go get my brother,” she says as she makes an attempt to face again up. However that officer once more knocks her down.
“Did you simply attempt to chew me? Did you simply attempt to chew me?” that officer says whereas pinning her down as she wails. He then locations his arms in her neck space.
The woman then screams three extra instances for somebody to name her brother.
A second video then reveals the identical officer shoving her right into a patrol automobile after she had been handcuffed. The officer has at the very least one stripe on the sleeve of his uniform, signifying that he's a supervisor.
“I've personally considered officer body-worn digicam footage and though the video depicts the juvenile resisting officers, we're investigating the officer’s choice to journey the juvenile to the bottom and later putting his hand on the juvenile’s throat in the course of the arrest,” Kling stated.