Austin, Texas: Homeless Simone Nicole Griffith, repeatedly punched by police officers, sues city

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Woman repeatedly punched by Austin officers sues city

A woman who was repeatedly punched and dragged by police officers in Austin during a trespass call that was recorded on cell phone video has sued the city, claiming excessive force. The 26-year-old, Simone Nicole Griffith, was laying down outside a pediatrician’s office on Oct. 30 at a strip mall on Highway 183 when two officers conducting an urgent trespass call arrived, according to the lawsuit filed on Christmas Eve. Rebecca Webber, Griffith’s attorney, said in the lawsuit Griffith is “profoundly mentally ill” and was camping on the sidewalk of the strip mall, because she did not have a safe ...

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