‘Did You Say You’re Going to Smack Me?’: Black Woman Allegedly Left Bruised, with a Concussion After Dramatic Arrest. Cops Released Footage, Argue Rough Arrest Was Justified Because She Threatened Officers

MaKayla Patterson, a 22-year-old Black woman from Wisconsin, said she was brutally attacked by police outside a bar after she was “wrongly accused of threatening an officer,” according to a GoFundMe she launched to raise money for hospital bills and legal fees. Patterson also posted a two-minute police body camera video to a newly created Facebook page called Justice and Healing for MaKayla showing the arrest. But Eau Claire police responded by posting almost two hours of body camera footage to its YouTube channel to prove they arrested Patterson lawfully on a felony charge of threatening an officer as well as the misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Police also posted a one-page statement with their side of the story. Keyana Robinson, left, and MaKayla Patterson were arrested outside a bar in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Patterson, right, claims she was unlawfully arrested. (Photo composite from body camera screenshot and Facebook). Eau Claire police also arrested Patterson’s 19-year-old friend, Keyana Robinson, on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and cited her for being an underage person inside a bar. In addition to the two-hour YouTube video, Eau Claire police also posted an edited video of less than nine...