A woman is calling for accountability after she said Virginia police officers hit her in the head while she was stopping at a traffic light, even though she was not the suspect they were looking for. search.
In a video posted on Instagram On Saturday, Jamee Kimble could be heard taunting Fairfax County Sheriff’s Department officers after a police car struck the silver sedan in which she, her two children and another adult were traveling. up there.
“I was sitting in the light, and he came and hit me from the front!” Kimble screams in the video. “They blocked the wrong person.”
Kimble, who said she was on her way to Walmart to buy food for her baby, said in a social media post that the incident occurred just six days after she delivered her youngest child through a C-section .
Kimble said, officers pulled guns at her and handcuffed her before releasing her and giving her medical treatment.
In the video, Kimble can be heard telling police that she cannot be the suspect they are looking for because she was in the hospital giving birth at the time of the previous crime.
In a statement posted on its websiteThe Fairfax County Sheriff’s Department said the vehicle was involved in an incident in neighboring Arlington County and its occupants were listed in the national database as armed and dangerous.
“During the stop, an officer’s cruiser hit the front bumper of the wanted vehicle while traveling at an estimated speed of less than 10 mph. The police statement said there was only minimal damage to the vehicle.
The department said it had opened an administrative review of the vehicle stop.
Speak in one Interview with News4 WashingtonKimble said she was shocked by the incident and wanted an apology from the police.
“I’m still very angry and more than anything, hurt because I teach my children that the police have to protect us and if they need anything they can call them for help,” she said. .
