Video shows a Kaufman County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy on top of an 18-year-old woman saying “I can’t breathe.” The incident is under investigation.
A sheriff’s deputy in Kaufman, Texas is under investigation after video captured him sitting on a teenage Black girl during an arrest.
CBS 11 reports the incident happened in Forney’s Deerfield Heights neighborhood on Tuesday (July 27). The sheriff, who’s only been identified as “Deputy Marlin,” has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation after the disturbing video surfaced on social media.
The incident began after police recieved 911 calls about the young woman.
“There’s a lady – young lady – African American lady – that is walking in the middle of the street,” one caller said. Another added, ““She’s thrown herself out on the road — looks like a possible suicide.”
In the body camera footage, the deputy is seen approaching 18-year-old Nekia Trigg as she walks down the street. He asks if she’s ok, why she’s crying, and where she lives. Trigg tells the deputy she wants to go home and repeatedly tells him she doesn’t want him to hurt her. The deputy then grabs her arm and tells her she can’t walk off from him. Watch Full Video
From there, Deputy Marlin pins Trigg to the ground, mounting the teen by putting his full body on top of her. “You’re hurting me already,” Trigg can be heard saying in the video. “Sit down okay,” Deputy Marlin responds, as he continues pinning Trigg’s wrist to the ground.
