High School Girl Has Jaw Broken by School Cop After Being Falsely Accused of Having Mace--pictures

Tampa, FL — Several of 17-year-old High School student Brittany Overstreet’s classmates accused her of being in possession of mace. After the accusation, which was proven to be false, Brittany claims that she was severely beaten by a school resource officer.

Overstreet said she was slammed against tables, suffered a broken jaw, lost consciousness and ended up in the hospital.

More than a dozen protesters gathered in downtown Tampa on Monday to demand that the charges be dropped against Overstreet.

“I’m thankful. It is very emotional,” Overstreet said in regards to the protest.

ABC Action News reports:

According to criminal reports, three students approached the school’s assistant principal alleging Overstreet threatened to spray them with mace or pepper spray.

In the school’s cafeteria, the report says, Overstreet was approached by the female assistant principal and her bag was confiscated.

Some sort of altercation ensued and the school resource officer was called.

The officer involved in the altercation was officer Manuel Santana. He wrote in his report that Overstreet refused to comply with his demands.

“I quickly went to my pouch to handcuff and attempted to grab her hands and cuff her,” Santana wrote. “Overstreet became more aggressive when she realized my intent and became more combative, kicking Mr. Henderson, flailing and pushing at me. I decided to grab Overstreet by her ankles/calve area to stop her from kicking.  I proceeded to, with the assistance of Mr. Henderson, bring Overstreet to the ground, where it was more of an advantage to control her and handcuff her.”

That’s when Overstreet said she was slammed against tables, resulting in her broken jaw.

According to conflicting reports, Santana, grabbed Overstreet’s ankles and snatched her legs out from under her. In the attack, Overstreet was slammed twice by the officer, first against a table and then onto the ground. Another student reports that Overstreet was slammed even after being handcuffed.

“It was excessive force,” said Crystal Wilson, a protester.  “There was no mace found on Brittany and they took and slammed her twice, fractured both sides of her jaw. That girl is suffering through trauma for what? An allegation?”