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A nurse from Texas has been arrested in connection to a horrific multi-car crash in Windsor Hills that killed six people, including a pregnant woman and her 1-year-old child. The chilling details inside…

Six people are dead and eight are injured after a woman ran her Mercedes-Benz through a red light at 80mph in Windsor Hills, Los Angeles. Unfortunately, a pregnant woman and her 1-year-old son were among the people killed in the fiery crash.

Surveillance video of the fiery crash went viral online. WARNING! The clips below could be triggering to some:

 

Horrific crash in Los Angeles leaves 5 dead and 8 injured pic.twitter.com/61sh2v9Z4R

— Remarks (@Remarks) August 5, 2022

 

 

HEARTBREAKING: A woman and a young girl were among those killed in a violent, fiery crash involving eight vehicles at a Rialto intersection, authorities confirm.https://t.co/ho7MCY9aEF pic.twitter.com/JwGtY60z9w

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) August 3, 2022

 

Just before 2pm, a speeding driver plowed through a red light and into several cars on South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue.

The driver has been identified as 37-year-old Nicole L. Linton, a registered nurse from Texas. It’s reported she will be booked after she’s released from a hospital where she’s being treated for injuries she sustained in the wreck.

According to the LA Times, the driver is expected to be formally charged by Los Angeles County district attorney on Monday (August 8th). A woman who claimed to be a friend of the driver said her friend was “drunk” after drinking with friends at a nearby home. She said her friend got into a fight with her boyfriend before she got into the car and caused the multi-vehicle crash. Watch a clip from her interview below:

 

The driver of the La Brea crash was of course drunk and dumb. Hope she gets what she deserves. pic.twitter.com/CdIv1W0jcj

— minions over ukranians (@JWV1987) August 5, 2022

 

Nicole is currently in the hospital and is cooperating with California Highway Patrol investigators. Authorities are checking her bloodwork to determine if she was under the influence at the time of the crash, according to police.

Sadly, 23-year-old Asherey Ryan, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant, was killed in the accident, as well as her unborn baby, and her 1-year-old son, Alonzo.

Witness Veronica Esquival said she was pumping gas feet away from the collision. When she heard the crash she said she covered her head for protection as debris was flying.

“All of the sudden, a baby literally flew from the middle of the intersection to the middle of the gas station and landed right on the floor in front of me,” Esquival said. “One of the workers came and saw me with the baby and took the baby out of my hands. Somebody tried to resuscitate the baby, but the baby was gone.”

Heartbreaking.

Asherey’s sister, Sha’seana Kerr, said the young mother was in the car with her boyfriend and their kids on their way to the doctor’s office for a checkup for the unborn baby.

Kerr identified Asherey’s boyfriend as a victim as well, but the county coroner has not yet released official identifications. Asherey was identified by the county coroner. The other victims names have not been released by the coroner.

Below is a video Sha’seana posted on her Instagram account about the incident: 

 

 

 
 

 

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Eight people were injured and were transported Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for treatment. Of those injured, six were teens and one suffered major injuries.

The LA Times shares more details about the crash:

Officer Franco Pepi, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson, said Thursday afternoon that three adults, including a pregnant woman, and an infant were killed in the crash.

Authorities later found another person’s remains inside one of the burned vehicles, he said. That person’s gender or age weren’t known Thursday night.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but the CHP spokesperson said investigators determined the Mercedes-Benz was traveling “at a high rate of speed” and ran a red light while traveling southbound on La Brea.

At least six vehicles were involved in the crash, three of which were engulfed in flames, Pepi said. The others sustained moderate damage.

Below are witness interviews about the horrific crash:

Just extremely tragic and senseless! We send our heartfelt condolences and hearts to everyone affected by this tragedy.

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Olympian Kim Glass describes the unprovoked, brutal attack she endured when a homeless man randomly hit her in the face with a metal pipe in Los Angeles. Video of the bloody aftermath has surfaced and the Good Samaritan that held the alleged attacker down is speaking out. Everything inside…

You can literally be minding your business and end up an assault victim. Unfortunately, that’s what happened to Olympic silver medalist Kim Glass after dining with a friend in Los Angles.

In videos shared to social media, the former Olympic volleyball star revealed horrific facial injuries she sustained when she was almost blinded by a homeless man who threw a metal pipe at her in Los Angeles. The brutal attack happened Saturday after she had lunch with a friend.

As you can see, her right eye was blackened and swollen shut. She also has a large gash on the bridge of her nose. The 37-year-old said she suffered multiple facial fractures and needed stitches to close the gashes on her face. Thankfully, doctors said her vision should eventually return to normal.

Peep the clip below. WARNING! It may be hard to watch for some viewers:

Officers responded to a report of an attack and found a man holding the alleged attacker down on the ground. The suspect has been identified as 51-year-old Semeon Tesfamarian and he has been charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon.

 

The female was taken to a hospital for treatment. The suspect, Semeon Tesfamariam, 51 yrs, was booked for felony Assault w/ a Deadly Weapon, 245(a)(1) PC, no bail.

— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) July 11, 2022

After chasing the man down following the attack, Good Samaritan Benson Parks captured video of the suspect being pinned down to the ground as they waited for the police to arrive.

 

The man that attacked Olympic Medalist Kim Glass pic.twitter.com/w1JOUGfNUy

— Breakingtrendsnews (@Breakingtrends1) July 11, 2022

 

“What the f*ck is wrong with you?” someone asked as the suspect was held down by someone’s foot in the clip (above).

Nearby, you can see Kim, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, surrounded by a group of people as she held her damaged eye with blood splattered on the sidewalk all around her.

“Can you call my mom?” Kim asked the bystanders helping her. “He threw it so hard!,” she said, talking about the metal pipe her allegedly used in the attack. Watch the video above.

 

 
 

 

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Benson took to social media to describe how he jumped into action once he heard a woman screaming.

 

”I was eating and heard a lady screaming, so I jumped out of my truck," he said. "A guy said he hurt her, I’m like who he pointed and buddy was trying to get away so I chased his b**** a** down dragged him Back, and stumped his face 1 time but held him down while other people was just looking scared, I was so mad thinking like what if it was someone I loved so I just did what real men do, protect our women, I hate this happened to her though.”

Since the attack, Benson said he has received thousands of messages from people, thanking him for stepping in. He shared he’s declining any Cashapp offers because didn’t help her looking for a reward. He only did what any real man would do in that situation and said he would have done the same thing if it were someone else.

Following the attack, Kim hit Benson up, thanking him for helping her:

Nice to know there are still good people in this world. As for the attacker, we hope he’s punished to the fullest extent of the law. She didn’t deserve that.

Family and friends have been sending Kim flowers, cards and candy, wishing her a speedy recovery:

Aww! We hope she recovers soon.

Stay safe everyone!

Photo: Screenshot 

DaBaby stays in all DaDrama it seems.

Over the weekend, a video of the rapper fighting his artist Wisdom at an event went viral. Right after that, video footage from the 2018 deadly Walmart shooting where the rapper took the life of teen resurfaced. Now, he’s responding. Get it all inside…

It seems DaBaby’s name infamously stays in the headlines. And not because of his music.

The North Carolina native seems to find himself in questionable drama quite a bit, whether its arguing on social media with one of his baby’s mothers, putting his paws on someone (on different occasions), or even being involved in a shooting. This man stays in SOMETHING.

Days after allegedly shooting an intruder who trespassed on his property, the “Rockstar” rapper was involved in a physical altercation with his artist Wisdom, who is signed to DaBaby’s Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment label. Apparently, DaBaby & Wisdom got into a heated argument backstage at Spring Jam 2022 inside the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday night (April 22nd) that boiled over.

In the clip posted to social, you can see what appears to be the “SUGE” rapper swinging on Wisdom before his artist swings back. Security guards and police quickly jumped in to end the fight as the two men yell obscenities at one another. 

Watch the clip below:

 

DaBaby & his artist Wisdom got into a fight backstage at a concert last night pic.twitter.com/HXvBB2EjMw

— My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) April 23, 2022

 

It doesn’t appear anyone was hurt, thankfully.

Before folks could start twitter threads about the fight, ANOTHER video of DaBaby is released, which also goes viral.

Rolling Stone posted a video that has caused folks to speculate DaBaby’s “self-defense” claim made in 2018 when he shot and killed a teenager inside of a Walmart in Huntersville, N.C. The controversial rapper was reportedly involved in a deadly shooting that resulted in the death of 19-year-old Jaylin Craig.

The 30-year-old rapper (who was 27 at the time of the shooting) was initially charged with murder before the charges were eventually lowered to a misdemeanor of carrying a concealed weapon after a judge ruled he had acted in self-defense. The charges ended up being dismissed in March 2019 after a key witness failed to show up in court.

Never-before-seen security camera footage of the incident, which took place on November 5, 2018, shows the “BOP” rapper (real name Jonathan Kirk) fighting with teenagers, Henry Douglas and Jaylin Craig. At one point, it appears Jaylin pulls out a gun and it is unclear what he does with it next. The clip then cuts to DaBaby taking out his gun and firing several shots.

You can watch the clip below. WARNING – the video could be triggering for some people.

 

DaBaby shot and killed 19-year-old Jaylin Craig in 2018, a shooting the rapper claims was in self-defense.

New security footage obtained by Rolling Stone shows that DaBaby appears to be the aggressor, and contradicts key aspects of his version of events. https://t.co/TGZjJ0Da6o pic.twitter.com/M7kbKur3U9

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 25, 2022

 

The clip seemingly goes against the story DaBaby shared in a social media video after the shooting. He said two people with guns approached him who could have harmed him, his daughter and his son.

”Daughter could have got hit, son could have got hit [and] me," he said in the 2018 IG video. “F*ckin’ lawyers telling me not to say something and shit, f*ck all that. Two n****s walk down on you and your whole motherf*cking family, threaten y’all, whip out on y’all, n****s, let me see what y’all gon’ do." 

Now, it’s unclear what happened before the camera captured that portion of the fight, so what he shared on social media could have possibly happened. While he looks lik ethe aggressor in the video, it’s unclear what happened before that. 

Legal analyst Emily Baker told Rolling Stone that the shooting might not be so clear-cut because witnesses claimed to have seen Jaylin with a gun, despite DaBaby appearing to be the one who started the fight in the video.

”It is not a ‘These people rolled up on me and tried to roll me, and I had to defend myself,’" she said. "That’s not what this video shows. This video shows a fight that got way out of hand very fast, and that resulted in somebody dying."

The site also shared a statement from a representative for the district attorney’s office, which noted it had "reviewed the police investigative file" and agreed with the police not to charge Mr. Kirk further. This was due to the fact that prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense." 

The family of the Jailyn is saying this proves their story that this was not an act of self defense like Da Baby claims.

After the clip started going viral, the “NASTY” rapper hopped on Instagram to react. He shared the viral clip of singer Tyrese crying about paying child support with the caption, “No disrespect to my boy Tyrese man but what y’all niggas got goin on bruh?? #WhatMoreDoYouWANTfromMEEEEE ? Somebody behind the scenes on my ass ain’t it ?”

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DaBaby’s weekend drama comes on the heels of another shooting he was involved in. 

Earlier this month, DaBaby reportedly shot an intruder who trespassed at his home in Troutman, North Carolina. The victim suffered non-threatening injuries.

In February 2022, he was involved in an insane brawl inside of a California bowling alley with his daughter’s uncle, which also went viral. Brandon Bills, the brother of his baby mama DaniLeigh, is suing the rapper for the bowling alley fight while DaBaby claims "self-defense."

Sheesh.

Photo: DFree/Shutterstock

 

After Nelly’s x-rated fellatio clip made its way to his social media, it went viral, sparking a conversation about package size. How big is big enough and what’s considered “small?” Let’s discuss inside…

Earlier this week, Nelly had the Internet in a frenzy after he allegedly posted a video by accident of himself receiving oral sex on IG Stories. The clip wasn’t up long, but it was up long enough for people to screen record and share it elsewhere in these online streets. We can’t post the x-rated clip here, but you can take a peek at it HERE (for research purposes, of course).

WARNING! It’s not safe to view at work or around children. 

After the clip when viral, the “Hot In Herre” rapper issued an apology, stating the explicit video was “never meant to go public.”

"I sincerely apologize to the young lady and her family. This is unwanted publicity for her/them," the 47-year-old said in a statement. "This was an old video that was private and never meant to go public."

Nelly’s team shared they are concerned he may have been hacked and are investigating a breach that they fear could result in his financial information, personal documents and passwords ending up online somewhere.

It’s interesting though.  The timing of this "leak" coincided with this week’s premiere of the new season of "Real Husbands of Hollywood", which he stars in.

While his team works on that, the Internet has been busy sounding off about Nelly’s penis size dilemma, sparking a debate about package size and what’s actually considered “small.”  Hey, we don’t body shame either gender around these parts.  We just report what’s being said.

When the clip hit social media, there were tons of reactions that shamed Nelly for having a…less than expected – we guess – package.  And folks had questions after all that moaning and carrying on he was doing.

 

Now Nelly… Y’all surprised Nelly thang little, cause I’m not. It’s always the big buff niggas who got small medium we wees . #Nelly pic.twitter.com/rETUe1iD5O

— bri (@b_r_i_speaks) February 8, 2022

 

 

So I watched the Nelly video.. his dick is small lol

— keisha (@itstheskin_) February 10, 2022

 

 

My sis said his dick small but he got money … lemme think about it.. #Nelly pic.twitter.com/1V8j1rOYku

— (@armanivalore) February 8, 2022

 

 

So nelly dick small ….. WACK

— oh. (@SSshadali) February 8, 2022

 

 

Yall really finna let these ppl ppl convince yall Nelly aint a Lil Man. The shit small. The END!

Line that shit up with multiple sizes I guarantee you that shit fall on the small spectrum.

— Ken (@iamkenyaa) February 11, 2022

 

On the flip side, there are critics who feel Nelly’s package is NOT small, and say it’s average. Folks (men and women) were questioning why the women who called Nelly "small" feel that way since his penis size appears average size to them.

 

 

 
 

 

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”To my eyesight, it was average size. It would do the job for me. That d*** would do the job for a lot of people,” said “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Jasmine Masters. “Y’all talking about ‘Oh, it’s so small.’ Well b****, what type of d***s are y’all taking? And do you have any walls?”

Jasmine also addressed Lil Fizz’s “mushroom” penis. Missed that? Catch up HERE.

 

Nelly’s penis is just fine .. I’m upset about this … more to come

No pun intended

— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) February 9, 2022

 

HOT 97’s radio host Peter Rosenberg tweeted in Nelly’s defense, “Nelly’s penis is just fine. I’m upset about this….more to come. No pun intended.”

Below are more reactions:

 

Everybody calling nelly small i aint gone make it in this cold world

— Tony Stark (@MrStark_42) February 10, 2022

 

 

If you said #nelly is small, YOU don’t have NO walls.

— (@_PrettyGalore) February 11, 2022

 

 

Some women be telling on themselves on social media They’re talking about Nelly having a small d**k , how big is your p***y is what we should be asking pic.twitter.com/NcsmzVRdaI

— .. (@MalcomVex) February 10, 2022

 

 

Y’all really think Nelly dick small?

Seems normal size to me.

— bigboy Goku (@mrbevicious) February 8, 2022

 

 

y’all really are some size queens! lmao nelly’s d*ck is not small, it’s average! it even has girth to it. see y’all be wanting them 10-14 inch monsters that may cause problems with your bowels in 20 years

— TJ (@itsterrelljay) February 8, 2022

 

 

It’s the “ straight” men studying and calculating how long nelly dick is to prove that women ain’t shit cause we sayin it’s small

— (@GoddessBrya) February 11, 2022

And we’ll just leave this here:

 

As you can see, package size is currently a trending topic on social media following Nelly and Lil Fizz’s x-rated videos being exposed.

So tell us, is there a size that "measures up," or nah?

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Shocking details about the Christmas parade tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin are trickling in, painting a picture of what happened before (and after) a man plowed his vehicle through a crowd of people, killing six. More inside….

An eight-year-old boy has become the sixth person to die following the horrific Christmas parade tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin where a man plowed his red SUV through a crowd of people. The horrifying incident was captured on camera.

WARNING! The videos below are graphic and could be triggering.

WARNING: Graphic footage

Top-down video footage shows a driver deliberately plowing through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/fo5xXPF12q

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 22, 2021

TRIGGER WARNING

FULL VIDEO #BREAKING

Reports of multiple injuries after car runs through Christmas parade in Wisconsin

Multiple people are feared to have been injured after a car reportedly rammed into a crowd of parade-goers in the city of #Waukesha, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/BkHLY18udH

— Gabriel Hébert-Rouillier (@Gab_H_R) November 22, 2021

Police have identified and arrested the suspected driver, 39-year-old Darrell Brooks Jr., an aspiring rapper who goes by the stage name, MathBoi Fly.

Darrell Edward Brooks, the man who was taken into custody by police over the #Waukesha Christmas parade mass casualty incident, is a rapper who stars in a music video where he raps in front of a red vehicle that looks like the same one that ran over dozens of people yesterday. pic.twitter.com/p7oCimkqEm

— Andy Ng (@MrAndyNgo) November 22, 2021

Darrell Brooks Jr – who has an extensive criminal past – has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the deadly crash.

After the Milwaukee man plowed his vehicle through the Christmas parade, he walked up to a home and began knocking on the front door of resident Daniel Rider. And it was caught on doorbell camera video.

A timestamp on the video shows that it was recorded just after 5PM local time, which was about 20 minutes after Brooks allegedly tore through parade route barricades, killing six people and injuring dozens more.

The 24-year-old resident, who said he has lived in the area since March 2020, told NBC News he had just returned from a hunting trip and was home watching football when Brooks knocked on his door. Daniel didn’t have a clue about the tragedy that happened minutes before Brooks showed up on his doorstep.  He brought him in from the cold and made him a sandwhich, and then police showed up.

"This gentleman comes up and starts pounding on my door and my Ring doorbell goes off and I go and look and he’s saying that he’s homeless and he needs to use my phone," Rider told NBC. "I opened the door and I look and he’s like, ‘Hey man, I need to use your phone. I need to use your phone. I’m freezing out here.’ He didn’t have any shoes on. He was wearing a t-shirt and it’s freezing cold out and so I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ He’s like, ‘I’m homeless, man. I need to use your phone to get an Uber back to Milwaukee.’"

Rider said he eventually allowed Brooks into the house, gave him a jacket and made him a sandwich before giving Brooks his phone to make a phone call. Rider said he noticed police cars driving by during that time but was still unaware of what had happened.

”So I still am oblivious to anything happening in Waukesha and all of a sudden I look outside my street and I see a few cop cars drive by and I’m getting extra nervous. I was already nervous to begin with with him being in the house. So I saw cop cars drive by and I tell him, ‘You gotta get out of my house now. And so he was actually pretty compliant. He said ‘Are you sure? Why what’s going on? What’s going on.’ I said, ‘You gotta leave. You gotta leave.’" 

Brooks walked outside and ultimately gave Rider his phone and jacket back.

”I go back inside. I locked the door. I’m freaking out a little bit. I know my neighbor is calling 9-1-1," Rider said. "And he comes back to my door and starts pounding on the door and saying ‘My ID, I left my ID.’" 

That moment is captured on the doorbell video just as police begin approaching the home.

Check it out below:

Brooks made his first court appearance Tuesday, where the state’s attorney noted the sixth victim, a child, had died from his injuries.

According to CNN, prosecutors “will consider a sixth homicide charge, due to the child’s death.” His bail was set at $5 million. Each count, if Brooks is convicted, carries a mandatory life sentence.

8 year old Jackson Sparks is identified as the 6th victim. https://t.co/QwHf9y9G7W pic.twitter.com/vOcPuc8nZU

— Waukesha Alerts (@WaukeshaAlerts) November 23, 2021

8-year-old Jackson Sparks is survived by his parents and his 12-year-old brother, who was also injured and is recovering in ICU.

Message from the parents of 8yr old Jackson Sparks the latest victim in the Waukesha Parade tragedy. #waukesha #waukeshaChristmasParade pic.twitter.com/syXXUHzTnN

— Jay Gray (@jaygraymatters) November 23, 2021

The other five deceased victims include Virginia Sorenson, 79; LeAnna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.

The 6 victims.
Tamara Durand
Wilhelm Hospel
Jane Kulich
Leanna Owen
Virginia Sorenson
Jackson Sparks. #WaukeshaParade #Waukesha @WISN12News pic.twitter.com/O0xCBj9Fxa

— Derrick Rose (@DRoseTV) November 23, 2021

Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt, who was born in Waukesha, has reportedly offered to cover the funeral costs for all of the victims killed.

Earlier Sunday (before the Christmas parade), Brooks was involved in a domestic disturbance and left the scene just prior to driving his SUV through the parade, according to the police chief.

At the time of the Christmas parade, Brooks was already out on bond from an unrelated offense. 

On November 16th, he was released on an extremely low $1,000 bond after he allegedly tried to run over a woman who is believed to be the mother of his child. 

On November 2nd, Brooks allegedly tied to run the woman over with his car while she was walking through a gas station parking lot.

"Officers observed tire tracks on her left pants leg," the criminal complaint read.

According to the police report, the woman told officers, “over the past month they have been fighting multiple times where he has injured her but stated she had no intentions of calling the police.” The victim said Brooks had threatened to kill her before, tried to choke her and has been often jealous and controlling of her.

The mugshot above is from his November 3rd arrest where he was charged with obstructing an officer; second-degree recklessly endangering safety with domestic abuse assessments; disorderly conduct with domestic abuse assessments; and misdemeanor battery with domestic abuse assessments.

Brooks was also charged with bail jumping because he was already out on bail following an incident from July 24, 2020, where he was charged with firing a gun during an argument with a relative.

Brooks reportedly told police he is supposed to be taking medication for his mental health issues. Brooks was asked if he had been diagnosed with a mental disorder, but his answer was blacked out on the police report.

"The State’s bail recommendation in this case was inappropriately low in light of the nature of the recent charges and the pending charges against Mr. Brooks," the office said in a statement. "The bail recommendation in this case is not consistent with the approach of the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office toward matters involving violent crime, nor was it consistent with the risk assessment of the defendant prior to setting of bail."

The D.A.’s office has launched an internal review into the decision.

Brooks is also a registered sex offender in Nevada. In November 2006, he pleaded guilty to statutory sexual seduction.

Prayers for the families of the victims! 

Photo: Waukesha Police Department/AP

 

The police officers who handcuffed and pepper sprayed a 9-year-old girl have been suspended amid outrage at the police misconduct in the viral body cam videos circulating online. Meanwhile, the girl’s mother made it known she plans to sue the city and the police department. The details, plus the police cam video of the child’s arrest inside…

Several Rochester police officers have been suspended for misconduct after police cam videos of the officers handcuffing and pepper spraying a 9-year-old girl went viral, which sparked outrage online.

According to Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, the suspensions will last until the conclusion of an internal investigation.

“I can tell you that this video, as a mother, is not anything that you want to see,” said Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren. “This is not something that any of us should want to justify, can justify … And it is something we have to change.”

According to the Democrat & Chronicle, the department suspended one officer with pay and put two others on administrative leave. The officers’ names have not be released.

On January 29th, a woman called 9-1-1 due to a "vehicle dispute" at her Avenue B home in Rochester, according to the notice of claim. Once police arrived, the woman’s daughter reportedly ran outside, so the mother asked the officers for help. Apparently the child was "upset about her mother and step-father arguing."

Body cam footage released by the department (on Sunday) of what happened when police arrived has sparked outrage. The police cam footage showed the officers trying to deescalate the situation between the child and her mother, but things quickly escalated. The 9-year-old girl refused to get in the back of the police cruiser and that’s when misconduct from the police started. Officers were seen pushing the young girl in the snow in order to handcuff her as she screamed for her father.

During the struggle, an officer is heard telling the girl, “You’re acting like a child,” and she responded, “I am a child.”  Which, she is and should have been treated as such.

The child continued to refuse to get into the cruiser, so one officer pulled out pepper spray. After she defied commands to get her feet inside of the police cruiser, she was pepper sprayed in her face!

According to the police, the 9-year-old was threatening to harm herself and her mother.

Below are the clips of the police cam footage.

WARNING – The videos below could be TRIGGERING:

Mike Mazzeo – president of the Rochester Police Locust Club, the union representing uniformed police officers – held a press conference where he defended the officers. Hear his response below: 

I asked for more information about the officer who sprayed the pepper spray in the face of the 9-year-old child. Here’s Mazzeo’s response: He made a decision that he thought was the best action to take. #roc @DandC pic.twitter.com/yrTt6EaD9H

— Will Cleveland (@WillCleveland13) January 31, 2021

Also, Rochester Deputy Chief Andre Anderson defended the officers’ actions as well.

“They were trying to get her in the car,”  he said at a news conference Sunday. “[The officer] made a decision that he thought was the best to take. It resulted in no injury to her … Had they had to go and push further, and use more force, there’s a good chance she could have been hurt worse.”

New York State Attorney General Letitia James tweeted her office will be looking into the incident that transpired. She called the incident “deeply disturbing and wholly unacceptable”.

 

What happened in Rochester on Friday is deeply disturbing and wholly unacceptable. Such use of force and pepper spray should never be deployed against a child, period.

My office is looking into what transpired, but it’s clear that drastic reform is needed at @RochesterNYPD. https://t.co/SReNMFH6xd

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) February 1, 2021

The 9-year-old child was detained under the state’s mental hygiene law. After her arrested, she was taken to Rochester General Hospital where she treated and released to the custody of her mother.

Now, the mother of the 9-year-old child is prepping a lawsuit based on the alleged violation of her daughter’s constitutional rights. She has filed a notice of claim, which is the first step.

“I definitely want to see a change in the system,” Elba Pobe told NBC News correspondent Ron Allen on Tuesday. “I trusted the Rochester Police Department to do what they needed to do to help my daughter, not to abuse her or hurt her at all.”

“It’s not her fault,” Pobe said. “I don’t ever want her to feel like being pepper-sprayed was the option or the right way to handle her. Regardless of what the situation may have been, that’s still my first born, my baby, my child. You don’t treat anyone like that,” she said.

According to the claim the mother filed, police never told her that her daughter was “pepper-sprayed or that they struggled with the child, handcuffed her, and arrested her.” It’s reported the child was “injured” and is now dealing with “substantial pain.”

Members of the community are outraged and have taken to the streets to protest:

There’s a protest going on in Rochester NY tonight after local police pepper sprayed a 9 year old. pic.twitter.com/m9wDPtLt9X

— This Is What’s Trending Now (@TrendingThisIs) February 1, 2021

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rochester the day after a police officer pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, demanding an investigation into the event and the immediate dismissal of the officer responsible. https://t.co/S3na81grMD#BlackLivesMatter #Rochester pic.twitter.com/PnA5mI8ys9

— Protests.media (@ProtestsMedia) February 2, 2021

Protest Held in Rochester After Child Pepper Sprayed by US Police pic.twitter.com/GYeEbTH1xe

— Fars News Agency (@EnglishFars) February 2, 2021

Pretty big crowd for a dead of winter Rochester protest pic.twitter.com/dVhuS6iBhy

— Gino Fanelli (@GinoFanelli) February 1, 2021

How do you think the cops should have handled this situation and what consequences should they face?

Photo: Rochester Police Department via AP