Florida officer caught on video punching 14-year-old girl during arrest

Sunday, October 21, 2018
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (KTRK) -- The mother of a Florida teen is speaking out about video that shows her 14-year-old daughter being punched repeatedly by an officer.

While the video has many outraged, the police department says it's only the end of what they say that teenage girl started.
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They say she and a group of other teens were issued a trespassing warning and were told not to return.

They did, and police say when they responded, the girl became aggressive, so they arrested her.
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"She clearly wasn't aggressive. Everyone can see she was laying there. So I just want justice to be served," the girl's mother said.

The girl's mother has hired an attorney who says the officer used excessive force. The teen faces three charges.
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