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A 16-year-old girl was hospitalized after being thrown to the ground by a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy. during a violent fight on the night of September 22, an incident that was captured on video.
The Sheriff’s Department reported that, at approximately 6:28 p.m., deputies responded to the call about a conflict that broke out during a football game at Victor Valley High School in the city of Victorville.
With a cell phone, a witness recorded the moments of the violent fight and when a sheriff throws Faith Jeffers, 16, violently to the ground while the officers were confronting other young people involved in the confrontation.
According to authorities, the incident occurred when the first sheriff who arrived at the scene discovered that multiple fights had broken out at that time. Pepper spray balls were fired in an attempt to disperse the people, but the measure was not effective and the crowd began to move against the sheriff.l.
More officers arrived at the scene, who fired another round of pepper spray at the group. At that moment, Jeffers grabbed the pepper spray ball launcher from a sheriff’s deputy..
During the confrontation, the officer picked up Faith and violently threw her to the ground. Due to the impact, the teenager was unconscious and suffered traumatic injuries to her head and spine, for which she had to be hospitalized..
Another young man, Anthony Smiler, 16, punched the officer in the face.so the teenager was subdued, taken into custody and booked into the High Desert Youth Center.
According to the Sheriff’s department, A report will be sent to the Prosecutor’s Office to review the charges against Faith and Smiler.
“He picked up my daughter and just threw her. He simply threw her to the ground, without any remorse,” Priscilla Jeffers, Faith’s mother, told KTLA.
“She has injuries to her back from the fact that he threw her forcefully onto the asphalt and she has a fractured shoulder, and her entire head has bumps and bruises,” he added.
According to the mother, Faith was being bullied by a young woman from another high school. According to reports, That young woman showed up at the soccer game to confront her, which sparked the altercation..
Initially, Priscilla, who was also present in the game, He did not realize that it was his daughter, the young woman who had been thrown away by the sheriff..
“It looked like she was throwing a rag or sweater on the floor, until my other daughter told me it was Faith. “She couldn’t believe it,” she added.
Priscilla assured that this incident was an example of police brutality, which is why she demands justice for her injured daughter.
Faith’s mother announced that plans to take legal action against the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Departmentwhile the authorities considered that the officer had been the victim, as reported in a press release.
Anthony Smiler’s mother assured that her son is innocentso she is totally shocked by the events.
“He (the sheriff) attacked my son first. He made a mistake and used excessive force against a 16-year-old boy. When I called, they told me that they couldn’t tell me if he was there or not, and I needed to know where my son was,” said the mother of the detained young man, Kelani Lynch.
This Sunday afternoon, Faith remained hospitalized while receiving treatment for the injuries she received..
This incident is under investigation. If anyone has information related to this incident, they can contact the Victorville Police Department at 760-241-2911, or the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office at 760-956-5001.
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