Angelique Gerald-Porter was near her home in
Philadelphia watching a violent arrest that her friend, Salimah
Milton, was videotaping. After Gerald-Porter got off her steps, a cop told her
to get back. According to the lawsuit, she complied, but the cop, Ian Nance,
told her to walk to the end of the block. Gerald-Porter refused since she lived
steps away. Then Nance said: “This is
our property right now," and slammed Gerald-Porter to the ground. Nance
allegedly punched her in the stomach, and dragged her down her steps by her
hair. Her two-year-old son was pinned beneath her and was kicked, according to
the lawsuit. Gerald-Porter “was bloodied, her clothes torn and she was nearly
naked in the street, the suit says. Gerald-Porter and her son were both treated
for injuries at Lankenau Hospital.
Photograph the Police. Fairfax County Police means Police brutality