On Friday night we catalogued a long history of abuse made by Southside residents against police. And, as if on cue, during the news, one woman came to our studio to make one more allegation of police abuse.
Pamela Estrada went to report a domestic dispute on Thursday night - and says she ended up being beaten by a woman police officer - after she sent her ten year old daughter to stay with a relative:..
Pamela Estrada
"If my baby knew that they would beat me, my daughter wouldn't have left the vehicle. She would have stayed with me, but they promise my baby that they wouldn't do me anything. They told her that they would just take me and drop me home to, because it's a domestic problem and I didn't do anything and no one came and make any report about me. She (the officer) just start to punch me in the face and then the male officer handcuffed me. I told him that the handcuff was tight. She was punching me in my back, I had to lie down and then she stomped me in my stomach. I was shocked that a woman could actually do that, because I don't fight against women, because I am a woman. The policemen, while they were driving me, he is bad as her because he didn't even say 'you know what, you already beat her enough, get enough.' He didn't say anything. At the end of the day, if you sign up and say that you love that job, you should serve. How will you tell me that you are sorry after you have already beaten me too? That is your job. You know damn well you shouldn't put your hands on anybody. She handcuffed me. Why didn't she let me go to fight for my rights then charge me for something. You know how that feels when they handcuffed you and beat you? When you want to fight back and defend yourself - you know how that feels?"
Estrada admits to being barefoot and says the police may have concluded that she was high.
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