WATCH: ‘I’ll Break Your Arm!’ Says Cop As Police Strip Woman Topless in Waffle House Arrest

By Matt Agorist

 Mobile, AL — Residents are outraged and the NAACP has stepped up  after a graphic video from inside an Alabama Waffle House has gone viral  showing a violent police struggle with a young woman. During the  violent encounter, the woman’s breasts were exposed. 

Highlighting how unnecessary the escalation of violence was, the  entire incident was sparked over plastic utensils. According to  witnesses involved in the incident, 25-year-old Chikesia Clemons was  inside Waffle House with a friend and had placed an order when they were  told they would have to pay $0.50 extra for the plastic utensils. 

After being told she would have to pay for the utensils—something  that is largely available for free at most restaurants—Clemons and her  friend Canita Adams questioned the charge, noting that they did not have  to pay for them the night before. According to Chiquitta Clemons-Howard, Clemons’ mother, after they  asked why they were being charged for the plastic utensils, the Waffle  House employee canceled their order. 

At that point, according to Clemons-Howard, her daughter asked for  the contact information of the Waffle House district manager who is in  charge of that location. “They didn’t even ask her to leave, she was waiting for them to give  her the district manager’s card so she could file a complaint on one of  the waitresses,” Clemons-Howard said. 

When “they went to go get the  card, that’s when the police showed up. The officer should’ve come in  and said we need you to leave.” What happened after that was a miscarriage of justice, Clemons-Howard explained to AL.com. “The footage shows the story completely,” she said. “My nerves are very, very bad right now.” 

As the video shows, Clemons quickly found herself surrounded by  police. The video starts out with one officer physically grabbing  Clemons as the young woman tries to explain what is going on. The video then jumps to officers throwing Clemons down. As two  officers pile onto the young woman, her top comes off and her breasts  are exposed, prompting Clemons to try and cover herself up.

 “What are you doing?” Clemons asks at one point, to which an officer responds, “I’ll break your arm, that’s what I’m about to do.”

 Eventually, Clemons is handcuffed and arrested on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. On Sunday, the NAACP responded to the incident after they said it was shared with them multiple times. 

“In light of the current situation in our  country — such as the arrest of two young black men at a Philadelphia  Starbucks coffee shop — we felt it was important for our members to get a  first-hand account of the incident, which has now gone viral on social  media locally and across the country,” Mobile NAACP President David  Smith said. 

“When incidents like this happen in our  own backyard, it is incumbent upon the local  NAACP to take a closer  look and move the matter to whatever level is appropriate,” he said. The Free Thought Project contact the Saraland Police Department to  get their reaction to this video and they released the following  statement: 

The Saraland Police Department is aware of the arrest at  Waffle House and the accompanying video on social media. The situation  is being thoroughly reviewed and is under active investigation right  now. Our department strives for transparency and we encourage our  community to be aware of current events. Saraland’s public safety  director, Chief J. C. West, and the mayor are aware of the situation and  are awaiting the results of the investigation. When the facts of the  investigation are gathered, we will have a response.

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