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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat May 4, 2019, 02:09 PM May 2019

Miami-Dade officer who threw woman who called 911 to the ground charged with battery

A Miami-Dade police officer faces a battery charge after video showed him throwing a black woman to the ground during an arrest after she called 911 to report a man threatening her and a friend with a gun.

Officer Alejandro Giraldo was charged Friday with one count of felony official misconduct and one count of misdemeanor battery stemming from the violent March 5 confrontation.

In cellphone footage posted on social media, Giraldo is seen grabbing Dyma Loving, 26, by the arm and appearing to push her against a fence before throwing her on the ground.

Loving — who had called police to report the man brandishing a shotgun during an argument with her and her friend, Adrianna Green — was then placed in handcuffs.

"After taking the sworn statements of Ms. Dyma Loving, Ms. Adrianna Green, all the other available witnesses, and reviewing all the known video evidence, we believe that there is sufficient evidence to charge a violation of Florida’s criminal statutes," the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said in a press release Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/miami-dade-officer-who-threw-woman-who-called-911-to-the-ground-charged-with-battery/ar-AAARFLV?li=BBnb7Kz

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Miami-Dade officer who threw woman who called 911 to the ground charged with battery (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
Every use of force needs to be followed up with safeinOhio May 2019 #1

safeinOhio

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1. Every use of force needs to be followed up with
Sat May 4, 2019, 02:36 PM
May 2019

drug test of every officer there. Steroids are a big problem with police officers.
If they know they will be tested, they will be more polite.

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