BLACK WOMAN SLUGS WHITE OFFICER TWICE, BLACK OFFICER INTERVENES BY KNOCKING HER OUT, NOW HE WILL PROBABLY GRT FIRED

Baltimore officer suspended; video shows woman knocked out

 

Associated Press

May 30, 2020

 

BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore police officer has been suspended after video shows him punching a woman and knocking her out after she confronted another officer.

The police department said Saturday that Commissioner Michael Harrison has also ordered an investigation of the incident.

The video, posted on social media, shows a black woman confronting a white police sergeant in a downtown intersection Friday night. When the sergeant grabs the woman’s arm, she strikes the sergeant twice on his head.

It was then that another officer, who is black, coldcocks the woman from behind and appears to knock her out cold.

 

Police said the woman was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for treatment. On Saturday police said the woman was released from the hospital and taken to Central Booking for processing. Her name was not released.

Extra officers were on duty in the city Friday night in response to protests over the death of George Floyd earlier this week in Minneapolis, but there was no indication that the woman was a protester herself. In fact, there was a video on social media showing the woman heckling protesters before her confrontation with police.

Baltimore Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young issued a statement Saturday praising the first officer for his restraint but calling the punch “deeply disturbing.”

“The woman should have been placed under arrest and not assaulted. Our system of justice does not involve the concept of an ‘eye for an eye,’” Young said.

EDITOR'S NOTE; What was deeply disturbing, was the woman slugging the cop.  Fuck the mayor!  The reason the white officer showed restraint  was because, as the video shows, he was stunned by the first blow.  The black officer who knocked her out should have been given a commendation, not a suspension.