OEF-OIF veteran records deputies punching homeless woman on bus

Deputies Punch Homeless, Mentally Ill Woman on Bus
by Kristina Chew
January 11, 2012

Two Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs have been videotaped hitting a woman with unspecified mental health and other disabilities. The incident happened on Monday night, on a Metro bus in Bellflower. Jermaine Green and his fiancee Violet Roberts boarded a bus and noted another passenger, a woman with a stroller full of pillows who clearly had “special needs.” The two deputies, one male and one female, boarded the bus at the next stop and confronted the woman, grabbing at her and telling her to get off the bus. The male deputy punched her — and Green recorded everything on his cell phone video camera.

Said Green, who had just returned home after serving in the army for six years with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan:

“I couldn’t believe it. He seen me taping. He looked up at the camera a few times, and he still hit her like that, and I can’t believe he didn’t try to diffuse the situation at all.”

“In the Army, they gave us extensive training for rules of engagement. There’s proper protocols and steps you take. This lady didn’t do anything, she wasn’t combative and he actually turned combative on her.”

When Green refused to hand over the video, the deputies told him he could be arrested and asked if he had any warrants. Green answered, “”I said no, I’m a veteran, I just came back, I have six years, I have no record, and he said ‘We’ll see about that.’”
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