Flagstaff Officer Under Fire For Jab Thrown At Resisting Female

By Bob Owens

A Flagstaff (AZ) police officer is under fire for throwing a jab into the face of a noncompliant female suspect as she resisted arrest.

A Flagstaff police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video showing him punching a woman in the face surfaced Wednesday on Facebook, according to a police spokesman.

The Flagstaff Police Department “became aware” of the video, which shows Officer Jeff Bonar striking the woman during a Wednesday afternoon arrest, about 7:30 p.m., police Sgt. Cory Runge said in a statement.

“Our agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,” Runge said. “We are immediately initiating an internal investigation into this incident.”

Flagstaff resident Jimmy Sedillo identified the woman in the video as his girlfriend when contacted by The Arizona Republic. He said the pair had received an eviction notice the previous week, and Wednesday was their deadline to leave.

The woman in the video was apparent identified by Officer Bonar as someone he recognized as having a warrant out for her arrest during a home eviction.

Instead of allowing herself to be taken into custody so that they could get things sorted out, she decided to argue with the officer and resisted arrest. He told …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms