Posted on 07/10/2021 7:30:16 PM PDT by simpson96
A police officer in New York state is on administrative leave after a video showed him punching a woman in the face after she tried to bite him while under arrest in Walmart.
Multiple cameras captured the violent incident inside the East Syracuse Walmart on July 4.
The Dewitt Police Department said 22-year-old Tajenik Byrd pepper-sprayed several people, including children, when a fight broke out in the store. It's unclear what led to the altercation.
During the confrontation, a woman in a black shirt, identified as 26-year-old Tyreana Edmonds, began arguing with store employees and allegedly hit them in the face.
When Dewitt police officers Rory Spain and Corey Buyck arrived at the scene, a man quickly directed them to the fight. Body camera video shows Spain handcuffing Edmonds while Buyck tries to take Byrd into custody.
Police said Byrd resisted arrest, knocking Buyck's body camera to the ground. The camera goes dark, but Walmart's surveillance video captured the rest of the struggle. Byrd falls to the ground as Buyck tries again to handcuff her and places his body weight on her hips and legs.
Meanwhile, a cellphone video from a bystander shows Edmonds trying to bite officer Spain's arm before he punches her in the face.
Both women were eventually taken into custody. Edmonds is facing multiple charges, including assault and resisting arrest. Byrd was charged with child endangerment, assault, and resisting arrest.
Spain was the only officer placed on leave and will stay off the force until the investigation is complete.
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If i was that officer i would have done the exact same thing.
And the same thing if a guy tried to bite me.
Seemed a reasonable response. I mean, he could have shot her.
It’s better to let those nubians tear down Walmart than lose your job or go to jail for trying to do the right thing/.
Or tazed her
Or hit her with a baton
nice chop to the chops..... human bites can be very dangerous.... who know what she had been chewing or sucking on.
Has the officer issued a heart-felt apology on bended knee yet? Isn’t that what’s requird in such situations these days?
These guys don’t get paid enough to have to deal with these feral humans this way.
Shove the Taser in her fat mouth and let loose 50,000 volts
Not gonna say it.
Where is this? Oh no, the commie state of NY. He’s fired with an assault charge and a million dollar settlement for the feral. Did she scream “I can’t breathe” while she was resisting arrest? Add another few million to the settlement.
One overheard the other deprecating Herman Melville's Moby Dick
Naturally, violence was the only resort.
What are those young girls in the background doing? Selling Girl Scout cookies?
Attempted bite is assault with a deadly weapon.
And yet he was suspended. It’s a wonder why cops or security people still want that job.
Sadly it will probably be a payday for these morons.
I drive by that WalMart all the time. Very rarely go in it, last time was maybe six years ago. Not a happy place IMHO.
“White whale, my ass!!!”
I assumed the participants just from the title...
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