A Miami-Dade police officer has been relieved of his duties after a video posted on social media showed him throwing a black woman to the ground and forcibly arresting her after she called 911 to report that she had been threatened by a man with a gun.
"Do not touch me," Loving shouts as a second policeman, identified only as Officer Calderon, grabs her other arm."Record this. Do not touch me."
Giraldo then yanks Loving to her feet and walks her toward a police car where she was placed in custody for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.Loving, who has three children, told NBC News during a phone interview Thursday that Giraldo allegedly told her she needed a mental evaluation before arresting her. She said she was taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami and released after posting a $150 bond.
As officers Giraldo and Calderon tried to place handcuffs on Loving, she"violently" pulled her arm away and"tensed in front of her not allowing her to be handcuffed behind her back," the report said. Loving suffered a minor cut on her elbow during the encounter with officers and refused medical treatment, officers said.
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