Georgetown, Texas: When Live PD cameras rolled, Williamson County deputies used more violence

When Live PD cameras rolled, Williamson County deputies used more violence

Imani Nembhard got out of her car, exactly as Williamson County sheriff’s deputy Christopher Pisa ordered. Without warning, he knocked her to the ground with enough force to send her shoes and skirt flying. He dug his knee into her shoulder, burying his fingers in her braids as he pressed her cheek into the hot pavement. Her 4- and 8-year-old daughters watched in terror from the backseat, crying for their mother. “They were screaming, ‘Please get off my mom,’” said Nembhard, a Killeen resident and U.S. Army veteran who served in Kuwait. The 29-year-old mother’s violations: a missing license plate ...

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When ‘Live PD’ cameras rolled, Williamson County deputies used more force

Imani Nembhard got out of her car, exactly as Williamson County sheriff’s deputy Christopher Pisa ordered. Without warning, he knocked her to the ground with enough force to send her shoes and skirt flying. He dug his knee into her shoulder, burying his fingers in her braids as he pressed her cheek into the hot pavement. Her 4- and 8-year-old daughters watched in terror from the backseat, crying for their mother. “They were screaming, ‘Please get off my mom,’” said Nembhard, a Killeen resident and U.S. Army veteran who served in Kuwait. The 29-year-old mother’s violations: a missing license plate ...

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https://www.rgj.com/story/news/inve...texas-deputies-used-more-violence/6007787002/