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A southeast Texas town with a history of racial unrest on Monday
fired two white police officers recently captured on video slamming a
black woman’s head into a countertop and wrestling her to the ground.
“The amount of force used was abominable,” the woman's attorney, Cade Bernsen, told Yahoo News.
The incident was captured by security cameras at the Jasper, Texas, police headquarters.
Keyarika "Sha" Diggles, 25, was
brought to the jail on May 5 for an unpaid fine, according to Bernsen.
He said she was was on the phone with her mother trying to arrange to
get the $100 owed when Officer Ricky Grissom cut off the call.
There’s no audio on the video, but Diggles and Grissom were
apparently arguing when Officer Ryan Cunningham comes in behind Diggles
and attempts to handcuff her. When she appears to raise her hand,
Cunningham grabs Diggles by the hair and slams her head into a
countertop. The officers wrestle Diggles to the ground before dragging
her by her ankles into a jail cell.
“She got her hair pulled out, broke a tooth, braces got knocked off … it was brutal,” Bernsen said.
A southeast Texas town with a history of racial unrest on Monday
fired two white police officers recently captured on video slamming a
black woman’s head into a countertop and wrestling her to the ground.
“The amount of force used was abominable,” the woman's attorney, Cade Bernsen, told Yahoo News.
The incident was captured by security cameras at the Jasper, Texas, police headquarters.
Keyarika "Sha" Diggles, 25, was
brought to the jail on May 5 for an unpaid fine, according to Bernsen.
He said she was was on the phone with her mother trying to arrange to
get the $100 owed when Officer Ricky Grissom cut off the call.
There’s no audio on the video, but Diggles and Grissom were
apparently arguing when Officer Ryan Cunningham comes in behind Diggles
and attempts to handcuff her. When she appears to raise her hand,
Cunningham grabs Diggles by the hair and slams her head into a
countertop. The officers wrestle Diggles to the ground before dragging
her by her ankles into a jail cell.
“She got her hair pulled out, broke a tooth, braces got knocked off … it was brutal,” Bernsen said.