A $1 million claim has been filed against the Seattle Police Department after cops punched a woman in the face. The Seattle Times reported on Thursday that Miyekko Durden-Bosley claims that officers made a false arrest against her. When she resisted the false arrest, while handcuffed, Officer Adley Shepherd repeatedly assaulted her.
Our friends at Alternative Media Syndicate reported the following:
Imagine being confronted by a police officer who punches you in the face because you were “argumentative.” That’s what happened to 23-year-old Miyekko Durden-Bosley. But the Seattle police officer who broke her orbital socket will not face any charges, even though it was all caught on video.
The arrest took place in June of 2014. According to Reuters, Officer Adley Shepherd arrived on the scene, after a call that a woman was threatening a family member. The prosecutors in this case say that Shepherd tried to place Bosley under arrest, but she “kicked” the officer “in the head.”
That’s when all agree that he punched her in the face and broke her eye socket, according to local KOMO News.
But Washington prosecutors said that “evidence reviewed in the case shows that Officer Shepherd acted professionally and with restraint up to the point where he was kicked in the head by the suspect as she was being placed into the patrol car. Officer Shepherd reacted instantaneously to the kick by the suspect, who was wearing boots, with one punch to the suspect’s head which caused a fracture of an orbital socket.”
That’s right, “professionally and with restraint.” Just imagine what he would have broken if he was really trying to hurt her.
The Seattle Police Department released the footage. Watch the video below. Warning: video contains strong language…
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Shepherd found himself placed on paid administrative leave after the incident. But Detective Ron Smith, the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, supported the abusive officer every step of the way, saying that “the Seattle Police Officers Guild hopes that Officer Shepherd will be returned to full duty as soon as possible, and that SPD will review its Force Investigation Team procedures to review whether the system is working in the best interest of all involved… It is our opinion that had the suspect heeded the officers’ commands, the resulting incident in question would not have occurred.”
The FBI is reportedly involved now and is looking into whether Durden-Bosley’s civil rights were violated during or because of the arrest.
Feature photo | A Seattle Police SWAT team officer strings police tape at the scene of a shooting, 2014 (AP/Ted S. Warren)
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