Woman accuses cops of abuse and excessive force in Clarendon, JA
Clarendon resident Mitzie Mitchell is accusing cops in the parish of abuse and excessive force after she was allegedly pepper-sprayed in May Pen earlier today.
According to Mitchell, she was sprayed with the substance while video recording cops allegedly beating a female vendor.
She said she was at the May Pen Market around 3 p.m. when she noticed cops accosting the vendor for not wearing a mask.
"I am terrified of the brutality of the police towards human beings and more so towards women. They are aggressive and have no sense of remorse. As a returning resident, I am feeling afraid of being in my own country," said Mitchell.
"The next thing I know, they were pulling her, and she was asking why; the tallest officer went to his waistband and removed a metal object which he then flashed, and I realized it was a metal stick, and he started hitting the lady. She started grabbing for the stick, and all three proceeded to drag the woman to the jeep," she told reporters.
"I started videoing and bawling out to them that she is a woman, and that is wicked how they are doing the woman.
“The tallest policeman then reached again for his waist and removed an object and proceeded to spray a liquid substance in my eyes which immediately started to burn," she said.
The woman said onlookers assisted her to a taxi and took her to the May Pen Hospital for treatment.
Acting Head of the Clarendon Police, Deputy Superintendent Owen Brown, told reporters the cops attempted to arrest the vendor for a COVID breach as she was not wearing a mask.
According to him, the woman resisted, and a tussle ensued.
Brown said the vendor would be charged for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer.
"She even assaulted one of my officers. She bit one of my officers who are currently at the hospital seeking treatment," he said.
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