SWEETWATER, Fla. – Police in Sweetwater arrested a resident of the Lil Abner Cell Dwelling Park on Wednesday.
A protest was then held exterior Sweetwater Metropolis Corridor Wednesday night amid rising tensions over a looming eviction to residents of the trailer park.
The individuals there stood shoulder to shoulder, loudly and visibly protesting following the arrest of Vivian Hernández.
Cellular phone video reveals the 61-year previous Hernández on the bottom, being bodily pressured into handcuffs by an officer throughout an arrest for disorderly conduct and trespassing.
Based on an arrest report, Hernández went to the property’s workplace to pay her hire however then, “grew to become offended and commenced to yell on the employees due that was helping in relocation.”
Authorities mentioned Hernández was advised to depart however refused.
“She’s not going to conform, she’s resisting and never listening to the officer’s instructions and we see he reaches to attempt to stand her up now to put her into custody, that’s the place the resistance, the altercation happens after which he redirects her to the bottom,” mentioned Alvaro Zabaleta with the Sweetwater Police Division.
Video of the arrest has enraged Hernandez’s neighbors, which led to the protest at metropolis corridor.
The land beneath the 900 tons at Lil Abner has been just lately offered, with residents being advised they’ve as much as six months to depart.
The faster it occurs, the more cash they obtain, however most say they’ve few choices, which is a part of the frustrations fueling the stress amongst tenants who personal the trailers they stay in.
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