A Pittsburgh police officer has been placed on administrative duty pending an investigation after he was caught on video punching a teenage girl who had been confronting Christian protesters during the city's gay pride event.
From WPXI:
According to the criminal complaint, Ariel Lawther was fighting with a man named Eric Moore. The officer involved said when he went to break the fight up, he was pushed and kicked. The complaint stated that the officer, “pulled the woman out and grabbed her hair and punched her in the stomach a few times.”
Channel 11’s Pamela Osborne spoke with Jenny Kenny who recorded the alleged incident.
“From the very beginning, he grabbed her neck and he shouldn’t have done that,” said Kenny.
Channel 11’s Rick Earle reported that sources say the woman involved was arrested and is facing several charges, including resisting arrest.
Lawther posted $5,000 bail and has since been released from the Allegheny County Jail.
According to several witnesses, the girl did not assault the police officer. Watch the clip below. The alleged assault starts around 3:00. You don't see the very beginning seconds of the altercation, but it is hard to imagine that in two seconds the officer was assaulted to the point of justifying the force used here.
(via JMG)
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