Police Push Woman During Arrest, Internal Probe Launched

0:00Video footage from Broom has sparked an internal Western Australia police probe after an officer pushed a 37-year-old woman named Evelyn. Sampey to the ground. This happened Tuesday night during an arrest, where officers were restraining a man on a cul-de-sac. Police say Sampey interfered by grabbing them from behind amid a violent situation. Sampey tells a different story, saying she stepped in out of worry for her relative who was already handcuffed and faced down with two cops on him. She claims the officers shoved her hard enough to fly a meter and nearly hit her head on a tow bar, hurting her elbow and back. Police note she didn't report those injuries at the time. Her mother backs her up, describing how Sampey tried pulling officers off the relative before getting pushed real hard. Bystanders caught the four-minute clip from afar, showing the push and a follow-up shove after some back-and-forth words we couldn't hear. The man involved got aggressive, assaulting two officers with minor injuries. Now Sampey faces two charges of obstructing public officers, plus one for drug paraphernalia,

1:04while the man is charged with assaulting officers. She's doing court later this month and mulling legal action against the officer. Police Minister Reese Whitby says he's aware of the video, even if he hasn't washed it. Stress and cops have duties but must handle frontline work, right? The internal investigation rolls on to sort out what went down. From your city, powered by AI, this is Cindy News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.