Shocking videotape of police in Washington state assaulting a 15-year-old Black girl in a police cell has been released. In it, 31-year-old sheriff’s deputy, Paul Schene, kicks and pushes the girl, grabs her by her hair and slams her to floor. Then, he pulls her by her hair and takes her out of the cell. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the incident, according to Komo News out of Seattle. Despite the graphic video, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Harris, who handles civil rights cases for the department, said his office was aware of the incident when King County prosecutors filed charges, but “we didn’t have a lot of information to go on at that point.” Shortly after the videotaped incident, the girl complained about having trouble breathing. She was checked out by paramedics but never taken to the hospital. Officers claim the girl called them a number of names, including “fat pigs.”
