It amazes me at how many bloggers were all over the Chris Brown/Rihanna situation, but they're sorta quick to post this...violence against a woman is unacceptable, rather she's rich or another young lady on the street...and what these officers did was BULLSH!T! It's disgusting and it's amazing that #1 these officers would be so aggressive w/ a woman and #2 w/ a child...b/c the young lady is a minor...please tell me, how does a shoe being kicked at you render a threat?
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By KOMO Staff & News Services
SEATTLE -- A teenage girl who was kicked, hit and slammed to the floor of a jail cell by a King County sheriff's deputy says she screamed that she was not resisting but couldn't get him to stop.
Malika Calhoun, 16, said Monday on CBS' "The Early Show" the attack that began after she kicked off a shoe in the direction of the deputy was "horrible."
"I was yelling. I was like, `This isn't - I'm not resisting, I'm not resisting,' and he said, `Whether you're resisting or not, that was assault,"' Calhoun said. "Then he just kept doing it and kept going and going."
The attack was recorded by a surveillance camera in November and was released by prosecutors last week in the case against Deputy Paul Schene, who is accused of using excessive force. Schene, 31, pleaded innocent Thursday to fourth-degree assault.
According to Superior Court documents, Calhoun, 15 at the time, and a second girl were taken into custody in an auto theft investigation. Video images show that after Calhoun entered a cell at suburban SeaTac City Hall, she kicked off one of her shoes toward the deputy.
Calhoun denied that the shoe hit Schene.
Even so, she said he told her that kicking the shoe at an officer constituted assault and burst into the cell. Calhoun said she kicked the shoe at Schene because she was upset. Court documents say the shoe struck Schene below the knee. (Watch the video clip.)
Before the attack, Calhoun said, she and Schene had been arguing all night. She accused him of being rude.
The video "was very disturbing," her father Curtiss said in the CBS interview.
"I didn't know it was this severe of an assault," he said. "As far as what happens to him, I wouldn't like to see him work as a police officer. I don't think that's the job for him, based on the way he reacted."
The video showed a deputy kicking the girl, pushing her strongly back against the wall, grabbing her hair and slamming her to the floor.
A second deputy was then shown entering the holding cell as the first deputy held the girl face down to the floor. The first deputy appeared to hit the girl with his hands. She was then lifted up and led out of the cell while the first deputy held her hair.
"It was horrible, like my head hit the wall when he first came in and kicked me," Calhoun said.
According to court documents, Calhoun complained of breathing problems after the episode and medics were called to check her. A short time later, she was taken to a youth detention center and booked for investigation of auto theft and third-degree assault, the latter accusation concerning the confrontation with the deputy. Calhoun has pleaded innocent to taking a motor vehicle without permission. She was never formally charged with assault.
Schene told investigators through an e-mail conversation with his lawyer that once the girl kicked her shoe at him, he entered the cell to "prevent another assault," according to court documents. Schene also said the girl refused to comply with instructions in the holding area.
Prosecutors said Schene did not explain why he apparently struck the girl after he had her in a holding position on the floor.
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