Be a part of creating the content - GWYNN OAK, Md. (WJZ) —The lawyer and family of a 76-year-old grandmother, whose videotaped arrest last week went viral, revealed new details about the encounter in Baltimore County.
According to Rena Mellerson’s attorney J. Wyndal Gordon, a Baltimore County police officer “flipped her and slammed her to the ground” outside her Gwynn Oak home. Police allegedly wanted to talk to Mellerson’s granddaughter, Cierra Floyd, about an incident that occurred in Windsor Mill earlier Friday afternoon.
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Gordon said Floyd called police to 74 Western Winds Circle around 3:52 p.m. Friday afternoon for a disturbance involving a child with autism, who got off a bus transporting him home from Sheppard Pratt.
While on the bus, Gordon said, the child was allegedly assaulting other children on the bus. Once he was off the bus, the child continued this behavior and was confronted by two adults, including Floyd, who tried to intervene. Instead, he said the child allegedly tried to assault the women and damaged their vehicles near a bus stop.
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Gordon identified the officer who responded to the scene as Cpl. Brennan. He said the officer was allegedly “condescending” to Floyd, who then went inside her home when she felt that Brennan wasn’t helping.
Later, Floyd left her home to go pick up her children from her grandmother’s home.
The Mellerson family said police used motor vehicle records to find Floyd, and that led Cpl. Brennan to Rena Mellerson’s home.
When he arrived he “pounded” on Mellerson’s front door, Gordon said. When the grandmother opened the door, Gordon claims Brennan tried to force his way into the home.
Cpl. Brennan continued to try to get into the home. Gordon claims pepper spray was discharged inside the home and a Taser deployed into the wall. A 6-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl, who were inside the home, inhaled the pepper spray, according to Gordon. The children were screaming and crying, Gordon said.
“Ms. Mellerson let the officer in and he took her into custody and he escorted her out of the home without incident,“ Gordon told reporters. Gordon says another officer he identified as Ofc. Schmidt arrived on the scene and took Mellerson from Brennan. Gordon claims Ofc. Schmidt threw Mellerson to the ground.
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