Sha’Teina Grady El. (Photo: Facebook)
The Washtenaw County Sheriff has launched an internal investigation into possible police brutality by a white officer who was seen on video repeatedly punching a black woman in the head.
The bystander video has since been taken down or set to private, but MLive reports the victim is a Sha’Teina Grady El. According to the outlet, the conflict began when she and her husband were asked to leave a shooting scene around midnight on May 26.
When officers tried to physically remove the two from the scene, they resisted, and a deputy punched her in the head before taking both into custody, police said.
The two are lodged at the Washtenaw County Jail and have yet to be arraigned on charges, police said. The couple’s daughter, Jaquisy Diggins, confirmed it is her mother who was struck.
The resident who posted the video tells MLive the couple had been trying to ask officers why they were in the neighborhood. Grady El's husband was reportedly tased.
WXYZ included the bystander video in its segment about the incident. It picks up at the 33-second mark:
