She was fleeing from the police. The police used reasonable force to stop her. She was unlucky.
Tough.
Jewbacca,
I understand completely. And if your relative had been alive in Nazi Germany, undoubtedly she would never have tried to escape from the Gestapo, but quietly followed orders into the cattle car.
Just be aware that sometimes there are reasons to run from authority. There are never reasons to do what officer Fatman did. However, after reading the rest of the posts here, and seeing that it happened in Seminole, it is no surprise.