Cops stopped a trans woman because she didn’t make eye contact, then they beat her up

Bradford didn’t have any warrants out for her arrest. She was, however, running late for a meeting with her parole officer. When she tried to leave the lounge, Follington stopped her and demanded to see her identification.

Follington claimed that Bradford told him to “f*ck off,” something she called “unlikely.” She told the officers that she didn’t have her ID and said she had a meeting to get to. When Follington and his fellow patrolman continued questioning her, she ran away.

As the police chased and cornered her, she began kicking to fend them off. Follington said she kicked him twice in the groin. She then tried to board an elevator to escape, but they pulled her out. Trying to restrain her, she said the officers lifted her and slammed her against an ATM machine. She also said they pressed a stun gun into her neck, knocking her head against the wall before pepper-spraying and punching her later on. Then they handcuffed her.

“The larger officer picked me up by the handcuffs, like I was on a leash, like I was a dog, then he dragged me out… laughing,” Bradford said when recounting the arrest to a judge, according to the Star Observer.