Lawsuit: Tacoma cop at mall threw teen girl around ‘like a child’s doll’ [X-POST from /r/news]

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Even though Monique Tillman, now 17, knew what had happened to her during an encounter with a Tacoma police officer in a mall parking lot two years ago, seeing the video for the first time was staggering.

The suit is being filed at a time of rising pressure on police departments to increase officer accountability for the use of force, and amid a burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement that emerged after a series of killings of black people by white police officers in cities across the country.

Tillman was 15 years old on May 24, 2014, when she and her brother dropped off some clothes at a consignment shop, had a meal at McDonald's and then headed home at about 5 p.m., cutting through the Tacoma Mall parking lot near their house, her attorney said.

In a video taken by a mall surveillance camera, Tillman is seen talking to Williams and another security employee, gesticulating with her arms and pointing.

Williams, who was working off-duty for mall security at the time, told Tillman that she was causing a disturbance and was going to be "Trespassed," or banned, from the mall and could be arrested if she were to return, according to the suit.

He said the charges against Tillman were dismissed by a judge who viewed the video and found no evidence that the officer was investigating a crime when Tillman was stopped and no evidence that she assaulted Williams.

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