Police Violence at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington

According to video evidence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejw0no3imuY) obtained by Q13 Fox News Seattle...

Civilian police officers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) are questioning the actions of their superiors, after a video of a former officer surfaced showing him grab a female soldier, pin her against a wall, and appear to take multiple strikes at her face. Whistleblowers say the video depicts a clear example of assault. They also believe it was buried, by the JBLM Police leadership, which allowed the officer involved in the incident to move onto a more prominent job outside the military, with the Department of Homeland Security.

Being detained or arrested by police will be a stressful experience even under the best of circumstances, and as seen in this video of a female soldier being assaulted by the police officer at JBLM, police violence against a person in custody can be tramatic.

Street medics should be available to provide aftercare to anyone who has been in police custody, and to direct these individuals to additional resources to aid them in dealing with the aftermath of police violence, abuse, and intimidation.

As we previously discussed, any contact with police my be detrimental (https://pnwstreetmedics.blogspot.com/2023/09/contact-with-police-may-be-detrimental.html). To care for our communities, it is important that we develop our skills in psychological first aid, and that we have resources available to support those that we care for.

* Note that this isn't just one bad cop at JBLM, but rather it is a systemic problem that has been ignored or even encouraged by the JBLM DES leadership. The whistleblowers at JBLM who spoke out about this corruption in the JBLM police were very clear in the video that they feared retaliation for reporting this.