Video After The Jump
A Forney woman has been accused of assaulting a public servant during an incident the woman’s relatives have called a case of police brutality.
Antanique Ray, 41, was arrested Tuesday after a Kaufman County sheriff’s deputy restrained her daughter, 18-year-old Nekia Trigg, as the teenager walked through a Forney neighborhood.
Part of the incident was captured on cellphone video, and the Sheriff’s Office said it is under investigation.
Officials said deputies were called to Rambling Way in the Deerfield Heights development, where someone had reported a female was jumping in and out of traffic.
The seven-minute video that has been shared widely on social media begins when a deputy already has pinned Trigg to the ground in the front yard of a home.
Ray approaches them and asks why the deputy needs to hold Trigg down. The deputy, whose name badge says “Martin,” tells her to back up and begins yelling, “Do not touch me! Back up! Back up!” as Trigg screams beneath him. It is not clear that Ray touches him.
Ray tells the deputy that he doesn’t have to restrain Trigg, but he says that she was trying to jump in front of cars.
As another deputy walks up with handcuffs, Ray squeezes her daughter’s hand and asks her to stay calm. Someone on the video expresses concern for Trigg’s welfare, noting that it looks as if she’s foaming at the mouth as she says she can’t breathe.
The deputies roll Trigg over and cuff her hands behind her back, then raise her to her feet and begin walking her into the street. Ray walks with them, and the deputies tell her to let go of her daughter.
In the span of a few seconds, Martin appears to reach over to separate the two women, Ray takes several steps back and then Martin tackles her onto the street.
A third deputy attempts to keep onlookers out of the street and then helps the other deputies restrain both women. A fourth law-enforcement official points a stun gun at the person recording the video; it’s not clear what agency he is with.
One of the deputies tells Ray that she’s being arrested for interference, and they handcuff her.
“All I did was ask you to listen to us,” she says. “I didn’t touch you. I touched my daughter when she said ... [the handcuffs] were too tight.”
Source: The Dallas Morning News
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