Watch the raw footage below: A Florida police department is being praised after it discovered one of its officers had dragged an uncooperative woman arrested on drug charges across a parking lot. They quickly took steps to reprimand the officer and amend department policy, earning kudos from the ACLU.
The video was taken in October 2013 in the Hillsborough County jail parking lot, showing Sonja Mimminger with hands and feet tied. Officer Scott Van Treese untied her legs in the video and tried to lift her to her feet, her arms still handcuffed behind her back. When she couldn’t stand, he dragged her by her hands across the parking lot.
The 36-year-old woman told WTVT-TV the officer dragged her “like a little rag muffin,” explaining that she had never been hogtied before and was weak in the legs after her car ride in that state.“It made me feel like I didn’t have much to live for. If I can’t get respect from law enforcement officers, who else can I get respect from?” she told the news station. “It was that serious to me. It was another heartache.”
Mimminger was arrested on drug charges and sentenced to 90 days in jail, but Van Treese was also punished for his treatment of her as well. The police department told WTVT that it issued the officer a written reprimand, which is a step below suspension, and has even changed its policy as a result of the video.
WTVT reporter Doug Smith in an interview with Major Diane Hobley-Burney said the footage “looks bad,” a statement with which the major agreed.
The American Civil Liberties Union in Florida praised the police department’s actions for acknowledging the wrong and finding a way to improve.
Sources: TheBlaze, FOX 13 News
Photo: WTVT-TV
Get your butt up and walk lady geee wizzz L O L !
LOL you guys missed the part where the reporter says her legs “went out”. Im sure from being hog tied in the squad car for some time before this video.
THIS IZ BS…& U no it! SHe sat down…Resisting arrest, or moving….
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There is so much BS being done by LEOs these days. What is caught on video is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of them have literally gotten away with murder. At least in Sacramento….
I always blast liberals and conservatives on police brutality. Those liberals want cops exclusively armed with total impunity. And y’all conservatives got a $#%&!@* for cops and find them infallible. So what’s the problem? She was noncompliant (“uncooperative” even though cooperation is a two-way street and compliance is a one-way).
Everyone’s treated the same. That’s how it is.
he should have got his ass up ! look all you people out there trashing our Countries law Officers for one thing you ass sleeps at night because they’re out there trying to clean up some of the filth out there and the time they gave their live protecting you even if you don’t know it. when the last time you thank them They’re not the bad guys ,stop trying to make their jobs harder if you think you could live without law then your slow or better yet next time need one just do it yourself you should show some respect!
We criticize and complain about people HIRED to serve the people, not abuse, torture and murder them with impunity!
When cops can do their actual job without resorting to shooting kids, pets and tossing grenades into baby cribs, THEN and ONLY then, will things change for cops. Until cops ACT like citizens and NOT TERRORISTS, then and ONLY then, will they have no need to fear being shot by a pissed off people!
Cops are hired, they are employees and PROPERTY. They have no rights when in uniform, they also have ZERO constitutional authorities. This is FACT!
The RIGHT of the people, are ALWAYS superior to ANY cop!
Employers do NOT take orders from their EMPLOYEES!
Hog tying ANY citizen is a terrorist act, and ANY cop doing this to our people, must be REMOVED from their jobs FOREVER, and placed in prison for no less than 10 years, so they can THINK about WHY they are there!