Video shows a Baltimore officer knocking a black women clean out after she punched his colleague in the face twice.
On Saturday Commissioner Michael Harrison ordered an investigation of the incident.. The footage shows the woman confronting a police sergeant on Friday night… When the sergeant grabs the woman’s arm, she punches the sergeant twice the head.
Before the incident, the woman told reporters nearby that she was mentally unwell .
The video which was posted online shows the sergeant grabbing the woman’s arm…. she strikes the sergeant twice on his head, another officer stepped in and knocked the women clean out.
The officer who is seen on the video knocking out the woman is on administrative duty.
We saw this woman before our live shot at 10. She approached our crew demanding to “share the light” with us on tv. She claimed to be mentally ill and couldn’t go home to her family. She cursed and yelled at our crew so we left.
This happened later. pic.twitter.com/iKwPaCQc1O
— Tre Ward (@TreWardWBAL) May 30, 2020
.@BaltimorePolice just knocked out a Black woman in downtown. pic.twitter.com/OwMkzm9w0B
— Kwame Rose (@kwamerose) May 30, 2020