MANASSAS, Va.
Agueda Dominguez says her battered face and bruised arms are the result of police brutality. The 38-year-old El Salvadoran immigrant is alleging a Manassas Park Police officer beat her during a routine traffic stop Monday night.
"As he was pulling me against his car he pulled my hair...at the same time I banged my head a couple of times against his car. He threw me on the ground and banged me against the ground," Dominguez said.
Dominquez was stopped in the parking lot of the Apex Mart for having a broken headlight. She did not have her driver's license, but said she did provide Lt. Rupert Prinz with other documentation, including her social security card and work permit.
Dominquez said she refused to sign the ticket because she doesn't understand English. That is when she says she was sprayed with pepper spray and thrown on the ground.
Her brother describes what he saw as he pulled up to the scene:
"The floor...she hit the floor like an animal...she's not an animal, she's human. It's hard for me when I see he hit my sister on the floor," said Jose Dominguez, victim's brother.
Store manager, Warner Portillo, walked up just after the alleged brutality took place. "As I'm leaving, I see this lady bleeding really really bad and she was actually a little bit unconscious...I saw two police officers carrying her to an ambulance," Portillo added.
Cuts and bruises are visible on Dominguez's arms, leg and face. A cell phone picture shows her as she arrived to the hospital. Dominguez says she wasn't resisting police arrest. She says she just didn't want to sign a document she didn't understand.
"It hurts a lot...you come to the United States to pursue a dream and this type of stuff happens...especially in the Hispanic community. Most people are scared and so I just decided to step up and show everybody that we can stand up and defend ourselves," Dominguez added.
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5 comments:
Give me a break, this has nothing to do with racism or discrimination with the fact that this woman refused to comply with a police officer, period. It would happen to you, me or anybody else who attempt the same trick. She is also responsible for what happened to her. Now, how come after 11 years living legally in our nation (and probably some more illegally before) she doesn't even have a decent command of the language?, immigrants from other parts of the world make a great effort to learn, why not her?, she's too good for it?
I agree about the excessive force used by the officer, if you want to make a case then make it on those grounds but please, leave the PC bullshit aside. This is not about racial prejudice, this is about somebody who refuses to comply with the law (maybe in El Salvador you can bribe a cop or just crap over the law, well, not here).
Does this mean that anybody who cannot understand English can be beaten by the police with impunity? I wouldn't want my dog treated that way.
She posed not threat to the officer, so there was no justification for violence, period.
Good thing she was not speeding that might have cost her a broken arm or possibly a longer stay at the hospital. Manassas police finally showing their true colors. Why didn't Lt. Rupert Prinz request assistance from officers that could provide better service to this woman. What kind of ticket did she get? a WARNING I guess. Do not be hispanic or speack spanish in Manassas.
ohh wow who ever wrote dat in the bottom u need to get a life -.- u dont kno wats gonna happen to da future >=[ nyways yea bet u didnt go to da march also cuz i bet u will say "oh wow dis is just a waste a time" stop haitin bet u hate us dont u, just tell us the truth -.-
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