A younger girl was punched and arrested by Huntington Park law enforcement officials on the Fourth of July whereas a fireplace ripped by way of the residence she shared along with her dad and mom.
(Video courtesy of Adriana Hernandez)
Adriana Hernandez, 27, instructed ABC7 that the incident occurred when a storage fireplace unfold to the household’s residence. Hernandez couldn’t be reached instantly for remark.
The Los Angeles County Hearth Division mentioned firefighters responded at 9:33 p.m. to a name a couple of construction fireplace within the 6400 block of Templeton Road. The hearth additionally prompted a response from the Huntington Park Police Division.
Hernandez instructed the station that she was making an attempt to achieve her father, who was making an attempt to avoid wasting the pictures gear he wanted for his job from the burning constructing, however she was held again by a policewoman. Throughout a brief scuffle, the identical police officer punched her within the face.
“She didn’t care. She simply grabbed me from my shirt, she actually ripped my rosary and began hanging me within the face thrice,” she instructed the station.
Cellphone video reveals Hernandez calling out for her father in Spanish earlier than she’s pushed again by a policewoman. Seconds later, the identical officer punches Hernandez within the face.
Hernandez mentioned she was taken into custody for resisting arrest.
The Police Division didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark, however in an announcement despatched to ABC7, it mentioned that the incident was “underneath administrative evaluate to find out the total details and circumstances leading to using drive to make sure compliance with division coverage.”
Hernandez mentioned the incident was distressing.
“It simply felt like every little thing was being taken away from me that quick and it wasn’t even my fault,” she instructed the station.
In a GoFundMe account, Hernandez mentioned she is an solely youngster juggling research at East Los Angeles Group Faculty and a job at In-N-Out that she took to assist her dad and mom. She mentioned the fireplace, which she blamed on “outdated electrical wiring,” has left her household homeless.
“Including to our challenges, I used to be subjected to extreme drive by a police officer, who unjustifiably struck me thrice,” she wrote. The cash raised would assist the household “as we navigate homelessness,” she wrote, and assist cowl the lack of her father’s gear.
