Atlanta Police Department

On November 2, 2004, Diana Dietrich-Barnes was slammed to the ground and arrested by a police officer at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A video camera captured the incident and the footage was broadcast around the nation. Dietrich-Barnes had circled the airport several times looking for her 78 year old mother. She stopped her vehicle at the curb to check her itinerary and Officer Terrance Alexander told her to move. As she started to back up, the outside mirror of her vehicle bumped him and that is when Alexander pulled her from her car, threw her to the pavement and handcuffed her. Dietrich-Barnes was awarded a $350,000 settlement for unnecessary force. (Nov-16-05) [USA TODAY]

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