ATLANTA,None — A northeast Atlanta woman, who is physically disabled, said she was roughed up by an Atlanta police officer while being falsely arrested.
Shequita Walker, 40, said she's been sitting in the same lawn chair outside her apartment complex at Boulevard and Rankin Street for years. She said she likes to sit there and wait for the ice cream truck.
Walker suffers from scleroderma which limits her range of motion and causes pain in her joints.
In April, Walker said an Atlanta police officer approached her and told her to move.
"He came right here and said we had to move, and I said ‘What reason do he have to move?' " Walker said.
She said the officer told her, "Because I said so."
Walker claims she stood and told the officer she was going to call his supervisor.
"That's when he grabbed me. My ice cream fell and my phone fell," she said.
Walker said that's when the officer put her on the ground.
Walker said she has photos of the incident.
Walker said the officer sprained her shoulder in the process, and she had to be taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.
After she was released, Walker said she was taken to jail on a charge of disorderly conduct.
A prosecutor later dismissed the charge.
Walker filed a complaint with the Citizens Review Board. The board ruled that the officer made a false arrest and recommended a three-day suspension.
So far, no action has been taken.
Records showed this is not the first complaint against the officer.
"We've gathered hundreds of signatures from people in this community who do not want this officer on the street," attorney Tiffany Roberts said.
The Citizens Review Board also found that in six months, 27 of the 38 arrests the officer made were for disorderly conduct, a charge that many times can cause controversy.
Channel 2's Amanda Cook contacted the Atlanta Police Department for a response. APD said because there is still an open internal investigation into the officer, it could not comment.
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