Newsstand - Woman Says Police Used Excessive Force at Airport

She was dragged out of her car at an airport, slammed to the ground and handcuffed by a burly police officer in full view of a security camera, but Diana Dietrich-Barnes says there was absolutely no need for the officer to use such excessive force.

Dietrich-Barnes, 43, was at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Nov. 2, waiting to pick up her mother. After circling the airport several times she stopped to check her mother's itinerary. A few moments later, Officer Terence Alexander approached her sport utility vehicle and told her to move on.

In the airport surveillance video, her car then appears to briefly back up. Then a police officer opens her car door, yanks her out and throws her to the ground, where she is handcuffed. No fewer than seven police officers surround her.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=291417&page=1

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-11-30-airport-scuffle_x.htm

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=55392

:rolleyes: :mad:

Apparently this cop has been punished 13 times for preaking Atlanta PD rules in the past 5 years, being suspended 5 times.

Hey! You have to feel sorry for the cop. Apparently his arm was so badly injured in the Nov 2 incident that when he appeared in court four weeks later he was still wearing it in a sling.

Of course, it is a bit strange that moments after his arm suffered this massive trauma it was in good enough condition to be fully useful when handcuffing her after throwing her to the ground.

Ah well, there is just no explanation for some medical events...