SARALAND, Alabama — (Scroll Down For Video) — Police in Alabama wrestled a black woman to the ground and threatened to break her arm after they were called to a Waffle House for an apparent dispute over paying for plastic utensils.
Video shows Chikesia Clemons being forced to the ground and handcuffed by two officers while a third leans over her during the incident in the early hours of Sunday in the Mobile suburb of Saraland. All three are white men.
One officer briefly puts a hand on her neck. Her top slips as the officers turn her over while she is lying on the floor, exposing her breasts. ‘What did I do wrong?’ Clemons asks in the cellphone video taken by her friend, Canita Adams, which does not show the full encounter.
“After reviewing our security video of the incident and eyewitness accounts, police intervention was appropriate,” Waffle House spokesman Greg Rollingstold the Associated Press in a statement, without providing further details.
The Police department said the following: “The Saraland Police Department is aware of the arrest at Waffle House and the accompanying video on social media. The situation is being thoroughly reviewed and is under active investigation right now. Our department strives for transparency and we encourage our community to be aware of current events. Saraland’s public safety director, Chief J. C. West, and the mayor are aware of the situation and are awaiting the results of the investigation. When the facts of the investigation are gathered, we will have a response.”
H/T: Guardian News
