Gotta Love The Police: Officer Caught On Camera Punching 17-Year-Old Girl In Face [Video]

A Washington State police officer is under investigation after civilians videotaped him struggling with a 17-year-old jay walker before punching her in the face.

Seattle police report that an unidentified police officer pulled a man aside for jay walking at the city's 3100 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way Monday.

While the officer was scolding the man for the traffic violation, he reportedly saw four young women jay walk in the exact same spot and asked them to step over to his vehicle.
Seattle police say the women became “verbally antagonistic toward the officer” and one attempted to walk away.

That woman, a 19-year-old seen in a turquoise top, was then “escorted back” to the officer's patrol car police and reportedly “began to tense up her arm and pull away from the officer while yelling at him” before breaking away from him several times.

Her 17-year-old friend seen in a pink top, then intervened and placed her hand on the officer's arm causing him to punch her in the face.

Both women were handcuffed and arrested.

The 19-year-old faces an obstruction of justice charge and the 17-year-old is under investigation for assaulting an officer.

Check out video of the incident below.

New Music: The Roots feat. John Legend: "Doin It Again"

We've already called 2010 as the Year of Soul, but we may need to change that to the Year of Hip Hop & Soul. There's no question that this year has already brought its fair share of bangers, with recent releases from Little Brother, Reflection Eternal and Nas and Damian Marley with upcoming albums from Slum Village and Kanye West on the way. But the piece of hip hop heat that I can't wait to finally listen to is The Roots' How I Got Over' , which finally hits the streets on June 22nd. 

After complaining that we had yet to hear a second single up until a few weeks ago, a few leaks have surfaced to whet our appetites and show us how The Legendary Roots Crews is doing it this time around. On "Doin It Again" Black Thought and the fellas throw John Legend's song "Again" back on the grill and heat it up with Thought's wicked flow and ?uestlove beating those drums into submission. My only complaint about this jawn? It's too short