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Pepper Spray & 76-Year-Old Woman in Baltimore County Police Arrest

Baltimore County Police

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Police in Baltimore County have released footage from a police officer's body-worn camera showing him using pepper spray, deploying a stun gun and pulling his service weapon as he tried to get a 76-year-old woman out of the way to arrest her granddaughter earlier this month.

The video of the Jan. 10 arrest became public Tuesday. The police response in Pikesville came under investigation after a TV station obtained cellphone video showing an officer throwing the woman to the ground.

The video from the body-worn camera also shows the woman being thrown to the ground.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.