The case of Audra West, a Texas hairdresser who was severely beaten in a Florida jail, has received a boost after video emerged showing police officers handling her violently, without physical provocation. The police deny any wrongdoing.
West was on holiday when she was detained at a bar on Fort Lauderdale beach for being drunk in public and resisting arrest in May last year. She was then taken to the North Broward Detention Facility. After spending ten hours in the police station, her period began, and West asked Deputy Kristin Connelly for a tampon.
According to West’s lawyer, Gary Kollin, who spoke to RT, Connelly refused the request, asking the detainee to use a “polite” tone. West then rephrased it, but Connelly denied her again, with the inmate then mouthing “F**k you” at the officer.
http://rt.com/usa/266095-police-beat-woman-custody/
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