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Jamie Haller speaks to CTV News about her encounter with the RCMP.
CTVNews.ca Staff
Date: Wed. Sep. 28 2011 9:33 AM ET
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling for an independent investigation after a 17-year-old Williams Lake woman said she was handcuffed and beaten by RCMP when she asked the officers for help.
Jamie Haller told CTV B.C. she was being chased by gang members on Sept. 10 when she stopped a passerby and asked her to call police.
The officers quickly arrived on the scene, but instead of helping Haller, she claims they quickly placed her in handcuffs, "roughed" her up and placed her in the back of a police cruiser.
Haller admits she became angry and started kicking the cruiser's window.
"One guy jumped in and was holding my legs down, the other guy was holding my upper body and he was punching me in the face, I know he must have punched me more than six times," Haller told CTV British Columbia.
She added: "I felt so afraid of the cops, more than I was of the people who were chasing me."
Haller's mother, Martina Jeff, said she arrived on the scene during the incident and was shocked by what was happening.
"I stood there helpless, I didn't know what to do," she said.
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