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\ A commanding officer in the Los Angeles Police
Department has been demoted after two of his officers reportedly used excessive force on
a woman after pulling her over for talking on her cell phone. Here\'92s {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8791795"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 KABC}} and {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.kswo.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 KSWO.}}\
\b \'93A 34 year-old woman pulled over for a cell phone violation is slammed to the ground
by two LAPD officers, not once, but twice for allegedly resisting arrest...the officers
appear to celebrate with a fist bump.\'94 \b0 \
\b \'93Take a look at 34-year-old Michelle Jordan. Battered, bruised...The married mother
works as a registered nurse ... Jordan gets out of her vehicle and moments later she is
slammed to the pavement and handcuffed.\'94 \b0 \
{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/lapd-captain-reassigned-after-officers-shown-body-slamming-woman.html"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 The Los Angeles Times}} reports
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck was unaware of the incident until a reporter asked for comment
and mentioned the surveillance video.\ \
Now, Beck has removed the officers involved in the arrest from the field and reassigned
commanding officer Captain Joseph Hiltner, a 34-year LAPD veteran. Hiltner will also
take a pay cut.\ (Image Source: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.lapdcadets.com/divisions/foothill-area/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 LAPDCadets.com}})\
\ A witness told {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.nbcwashington.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 WRC\ulnone }}Jordan did, in
fact, resist the officers and they had the right to arrest her, but slamming her to the
ground was just too much.\ \
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\b \cf2 WITNESS: \'93The police officers jumped on her and knocked her down to the ground...and
handcuffed her.\'94 \b0 \
\b WRC: \'93When the swearing continued, she was thrown to the ground a second time, still
handcuffed.\'94 \b0 \
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{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/michelle-jordan-lapd_n_1840440.html"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 The Huffington Post\ulnone
}}reports further investigation is underway.\ }