A woman is suing
after an Arizona police officer barged into her home in March,
handcuffed her and lectured her while she was naked.Elmerelda
Rossi was showering when two Chandler police officers arrived at her
home to investigate a domestic disturbance call because Rossi had an
argument with her estranged husband.
Rossi said she was in the shower when her daughter told her the officers
were at the door. She grabbed a towel and slung it around herself before
answering. She told the officers to wait at the door so she could get a
cell phone to record the encounter, and closed it behind her.
“I
start to walk into my living room, I probably get maybe five steps in,
and all of the sudden I just hear boots running in after me, telling me,
‘stop or I’ll arrest you,'” she said.
Rossi’s daughter started recording.
Chandler
police Officer Doug Rose threatens to arrest her. When she asks what
for, he grabs her arms and cuffs her, and the towel falls off, exposing
her.
“I don’t want to touch you, don’t touch me. I didn’t want
to touch him,” she sobs, and her daughter can be heard breaking down as
things become chaotic. Rose’s partner, Officer David Selvidge, stands
silently and watches with his arms folded.
“You have absolutely no clothes on?” Rose asks Rossi.
“She was in the fucking shower, what is wrong with you?” the daughter screams.
Selvidge tells the daughter to get her mother some clothes as Rose handcuffs her.
After
the incident, Selvidge complained to his superiors about Rose’s
conduct, prompting an internal investigation. The investigation found
Rose entered Rossi’s home illegally. He also failed to document key
aspects of the call, including arresting then un-arresting Rossi and the
fact she was naked, according to the New York Daily News. Footage from
his body camera was missing.
He hasn’t been disciplined or charged with a crime, ABC 15 reports.
Rose retired in the midst of the investigation, but Rossi, who was never charged with a crime, has filed a lawsuit.
Rossi told ABC 15 she was molested as a small child and her encounter with Rose, caused her to have a flashback.
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