Pennsylvania Police Under Fire For Punching And Tasing Woman At Bus Stop

SEPTA police say they’re investigating after a series of videos showing officers hitting and then Tasing a woman at the Frankford Transportation Center on Wednesday surfaced on social media.

In the video, which SEPTA said was filmed at about 9:30 a.m., the woman is sitting on a bench outside the center, bent at the waist. One SEPTA officer is holding her arm, and another hits her in the head. In a second video, a third officer tells the others to “Let go,” and fires a Taser at the woman, who runs away. Then he fires a second time, and the woman collapses on a curb. As officers pull her arms behind her, one says, “Don’t resist, or I’m setting it off again.”

In a third video, a group of officers surround the woman, in handcuffs, as she asks, “Why am I under arrest?”

SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch said those events unfolded after police officers responded to a bus driver’s call for assistance “with a woman who would not exit the vehicle” at Frankford Transportation Center.