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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/video-appears-show-texas-striking-girl-14-arrest-article-1.3192816

Quote:Video appears to show San Antonio police officer repeatedly striking 14-year-old girl during arrest

A police officer in San Antonio repeatedly punched a 14-year-old girl and used excessive force during an arrest that was caught on video, local activists claim.

Mayor Ivy Taylor said the video "is hard to watch and listen to," and indicated the police department is reviewing the body camera footage to determine what took place.

The incident took place Saturday outside an event center where authorities say officers were called about men fighting at a quinceanera, a Hispanic tradition of celebrating a girl's 15th birthday.

The video appears to show the girl move toward the officer before he hits her for the first time. He then strikes her again, causing her to fall into people standing nearby. He appears to hit her again before he and other officers arrest her.

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A 14-year-old girl is arrested by San Antonio police officers on Saturday, and local activists say excessive force was used.
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The teen's lawyer Artessia House told the San Antonio News-Express that the the video shows an officer hitting her client "clear as day."

An incident report described the tense scene outside the event center, with multiple people fighting and onlookers angered by the police response, with many "on the verge of interfering."

The girl's mother can be heard pleading, "No! No! No! No! Let her go!" during the arrest, according to the San Antonio Express-News.


The 14-year-old girl appears in juvenile court in San Antonio on Monday.
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"There's no way you can justify this officer hitting this girl in the face," Taj Matthews of the Claude & ZerNona Black Development Leadership Foundation told the newspaper.


The eighth-grader was arrested on a charge of assaulting a public servant, the San Antonio Express-News reported. She was taken to a juvenile detention center and released Monday.

House denies that the teen struck the officer, and described her as an honor student with no history of violence, according to the newspaper.