The shocking moment a woman accused of shoplifting is
slammed to the ground by Florida cop and left in a pool of blood from
her gaping head wound
Dramatic
body cam video shows Tiffany Tebo getting flung towards a wall outside
Bealls Department Store in Wesley Chapel, Florida, on Friday after
authorities confronted her about stealing a pair of shoes.
At
one point, the deputy's hand can be seen around her neck, and the
situation escalates, causing Tebo to bleed severely from her head.
Photo: Pasco County Sheriff
After Tiffany Tebo was accused of shoplifting at Bealls Department
Store in Wesley Chapel, Florida, a cop wrestled her to the ground in a
disturbing confrontation. Pictured, Tebo with a deputy's hand around her
neck
At one point he grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the ground, leaving splatters of blood
Speaking after the incident, Tebo, who had to get four staples put in her head, told WTSP: 'I'm all bruised up and banged up everywhere. He didn't need to do any of that.' But Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco spoke on behalf of the unnamed deputy and defended his actions.
He
told WTSP: 'We're trying to put handcuffs on her, she's trying to
fight. I know people will say she's tiny but a lot of tiny people cause
harm.'
The body camera footage shows the deputy approaching Tebo with a member of the store's loss prevention team. They ask her for the merchandise she didn't pay for, and she can be heard saying: 'I bought the shirt.' The
man then says she didn't pay for a pair of shoes, and when the deputy
tells her to put her hands behind her back, she pleads with the officer
instead of complying with his orders. He grabs hold of her arm and throws her towards the wall, saying: 'Stop resisting me.' Tebo,
meanwhile, can be heard saying: 'Oh my god, okay! Please! Ow! I'm not
going to do anything,' as she is wrestled to the ground.
While Tebo screams: 'Please you can have the shoes,' the deputy has one of her arms behind her back. But
the situation escalates and the deputy can be seen grabbing her hair
and slamming her head to the ground, leaving splatters of blood on the
bricks. She is already sitting on the ground when he draws his taser and points it directly at her.
Photo: Facebook
Tebo (pictured, left and right) lists her workplace as 'Spreading the
Gospel of Jesus Christ'. The Land O'Lakes, Florida, native writes: 'I
love every soul just as Jesus does and he is my author, my creator and
my finisher'
She is eventually arrested, and the deputy calls for an ambulance and
gets a towel to hold to her bloody head. He tells her: 'That was
completely avoidable. You just had to listen to me. I wasn't trying to
be mean'
Photo: Pasco County Shediff
When the two men first confront her,
Tebo says she paid for both the shirt and the shoes. Later, she pleads
with the deputy to let her pay for the shoes
Photo: Pasco County Shediff
The deputy can be heard telling her to
put her arms behind her back. When she fails to comply and tries to
plead with him instead, he grabs her arm and throws her towards the wall
of the department store
Photo: Pasco County Shediff
She is eventually wrestled to the ground. Tebo had to get four staples in her head after the violent confrontation
Photo: Pasco County Shediff
After about two minutes, Tebo has blood all over her back and hands while the deputy draws his taser
Photo: Pasco County Shediff
She is eventually arrested, and the deputy calls for an ambulance and
gets a towel to hold to her bloody head. He tells her: 'That was
completely avoidable. You just had to listen to me. I wasn't trying to
be mean'
She is eventually
arrested, and the deputy calls for an ambulance and gets a towel to hold
to her bloody head. He tells her: 'That was completely avoidable. You
just had to listen to me. I wasn't trying to be mean'
She
is visibly distressed and tells the officer to take the shoes and let
her go, while he screams at her to get on the ground and turn over with
her hands behind her back.
When she flips on her stomach, a trail of blood can be seen running from her head down her back.
He continues to bark orders at her, and she cries, saying: 'I can't!'
About two minutes into the confrontation, Tebo is covered in blood and the deputy finally gets her into handcuffs.
He calls an ambulance and tells her: 'No, you don't resist! You talk after. You don't negotiate with me.'
As they wait for medical personnel to arrive, he walks over to his car and gets a towel to hold against her bloody head.
She
is still crying, and the deputy can be heard saying: 'Stay there,
relax. I want you to get taken care of first. That was completely
avoidable. You just had to listen to me. I wasn't trying to be mean.'
Tebo,
who lists her job as 'saving souls' at 'Spreading the Gospel of Jesus
Christ' on her Facebook profile, said the deputy used unnecessary
force.
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