"Her head was struck on the car while trying to force her into the car. And that head was struck again after the officer tried to drag her into the car. And he was shoving her, feet were sticking out, he is trying to close the car door with her feet still extended. And we strongly believe that the reason why they concealed this video all of this time is because how bad this looks."
"We demanded to see the original raw footage, which they didn't honor. Putting out their edited, produced, redacted video with context. And of course, they are going to try to control the narrative as you would think. The next step is to see the raw, original video."
"If you take him out of his uniform and see that anywhere else in our community, that's an abuser. That's domestic violence."
Yolanda Ramirez, 72, was arrested in September after police responded to a minor family dispute call. Officers handcuffed her when she allegedly attempted to leave. According to her family's civil rights attorney, body camera footage shows officers struck her head against a police car twice while forcing her inside, then attempted to close the door with her feet still extended. The family received a redacted version of the footage after five months of pressure. Police stated they released the video to demonstrate transparency, but the family disputes this, demanding the original unedited footage and claiming the redacted version allows police to control the narrative. An independent autopsy reportedly found police responsible for her death.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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