Girl gets body slammed, now cops want to arrest her

 

Believe it or not, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is considering filing criminal charges against the teen-age black girl shown in a viral video being body slammed by a deputy last Tuesday (Jan. 26).

During a news conference on Saturday (Jan. 30) civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Natalie Jackson revealed that sheriff’s office detectives called Taylor Bracey’s home and asked her parents to let them interview her as they considered filing assault and resisting arrest charges against the girl. This tactic is intended to take legal heat off the deputy who hurt Taylor.

Ms. Jackson said they advised their client to exercise her 5^th Amendment right not to answer questions because the responses could be used against her in a criminal court.

Crump, who is known for representing black people and families who have been victimized by racism and police violence, said the deputy should be facing criminal charges for brutally assaulting 16-year-old Taylor.

Taylor was knocked unconscious during the deputy’s attacked and awoke in the principal’s office at Liberty High School. She is still suffering headaches, blurred vision, trouble sleeping and depression.

Earlier this week Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said Deputy Ethan Fournier body slammed Taylor because she “went after” another student. After knocking Taylor unconscious, the video shows the deputy straddle the girl and handcuffed her as though he was roping a steer at the rodeo.

During Saturday’s news conference, Taylor’s mother explained what led up to the shocking incident.

It turns out that Taylor was a victim in more ways than one.

The mom told reporters that earlier the day of the incident Taylor called her to say other girls at the school threatened to beat her up after school. The mother told her daughter to inform the dean, which she did. Later the dean told the mom she could pick up Taylor in an office at the school.

A short time later the school called back requesting permission for an emergency medical technician to examine Taylor. The mother said the school and officials kept her in the dark and downplayed any injuries Taylor suffered.

See Taylor’s mother explain what happened by clicking here.

Taylor’s family needs help with medical expenses, counseling for the traumatized girl, and possibly for a legal defense if the sheriff’s office describes to charge her. With the approval of the family and lawyers a Go Fund Me account has been established. You can contribute by clicking here.