Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
References:
[1] Tuscaloosa Police release body cam footage from viral video arrest: tuscaloosanews.com/news/20190424/tuscaloosa-police-release-body-cam-footage-from-viral-video-arrest
+ [2] Suspect lied to WMBA about her cooperation with law officers: “I was beaten by two police officers,” 22-year-old Jhasmynn Sheppard told WBMA. “I was unarmed. And I did everything they asked me to.” : abc3340.com/news/local/victim-in-viral-tuscaloosa-arrest-speaks-out
+ [3] Suspect also lied to WSFA and said she cooperated with police : wsfa.com/2019/04/25/woman-seen-viral-tuscaloosa-police-arrest-video-reacts-release-body-camera-video
Tuscaloosa, Alabama (ABC33/40)Approximately 20 minutes later, Tuscaloosa Police Officer Cole Ward and Officer Steven Lackey located the hit-and-run vehicle near a Krispy Kreme store on McFarland Boulevard.
“You know why I stopped you,” one of the officers told her as he approached her driver’s side window, bodycam footage showed. “A guy’s been following you. Driver’s license, proof of insurance.”
He then told her to place her hands behind her back, at which point Sheppard immediately began complaining and pulling away.
She then turned back towards him with only one of her hands cuffed, and tried to break his hold on her other wrist.
“Are you serious?” the officer asked in disbelief. “Have you lost your freakin’ mind?”
She managed to pull out of his grasp, then tumbled to the ground as she turned away from him, the video showed.
The officer’s bodycam fell off during the physical altercation that ensued.
“Looked like she was trying to run, and…she swung at him,” explained a bystander who recorded the scene with a cell phone.
References:
[1] Tuscaloosa Police release body cam footage from viral video arrest: tuscaloosanews.com/news/20190424/tuscaloosa-police-release-body-cam-footage-from-viral-video-arrest
+ [2] Suspect lied to WMBA about her cooperation with law officers: “I was beaten by two police officers,” 22-year-old Jhasmynn Sheppard told WBMA. “I was unarmed. And I did everything they asked me to.” : abc3340.com/news/local/victim-in-viral-tuscaloosa-arrest-speaks-out
+ [3] Suspect also lied to WSFA and said she cooperated with police : wsfa.com/2019/04/25/woman-seen-viral-tuscaloosa-police-arrest-video-reacts-release-body-camera-video
Tuscaloosa, Alabama (ABC33/40)Approximately 20 minutes later, Tuscaloosa Police Officer Cole Ward and Officer Steven Lackey located the hit-and-run vehicle near a Krispy Kreme store on McFarland Boulevard.
“You know why I stopped you,” one of the officers told her as he approached her driver’s side window, bodycam footage showed. “A guy’s been following you. Driver’s license, proof of insurance.”
He then told her to place her hands behind her back, at which point Sheppard immediately began complaining and pulling away.
She then turned back towards him with only one of her hands cuffed, and tried to break his hold on her other wrist.
“Are you serious?” the officer asked in disbelief. “Have you lost your freakin’ mind?”
She managed to pull out of his grasp, then tumbled to the ground as she turned away from him, the video showed.
The officer’s bodycam fell off during the physical altercation that ensued.
“Looked like she was trying to run, and…she swung at him,” explained a bystander who recorded the scene with a cell phone.
