The 22-year-old woman recounted what she experienced during an arrest on June 1 during protests over the death of George Floyd.

Young Hispanic woman denounces LAPD for being harassed, caged, and tortured

Young Latina Laura Montilla sued LAPD.

Photo: EUGENE GARCIA / EFE

Laura Montilla was peacefully demonstrating in Los Angeles California with friends over disproportionate police violence against minorities the same day that she became a victim of that excessive force of the authorities, who used military torture methods and sexually abused her.

I was handcuffed against the wall, and this lady (police officer) came towards me, hit my ankles and grabbed my vagina and my breasts twice, despite the fact that I was watched by several police officers all the time and it was impossible for me to have anything in my possession“Laura told the agency to Efe with a broken voice.

During those moments, the 22-year-old girl of Venezuelan origin he was shaking and in his mind I only thought about going through that situation without breaking inside, trying to remain “serene”, she remembers through tears.

The abuses did not stop there, as they were repeated throughout the day while in custody, according to his account and the lawsuit he filed against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), which also includes military torture methods.

Laura, recently graduated from the University of Southern California (USC), he went out on June 1 with a group of friends to protest against the death of George Floyd and other African Americans at the hands of the police.

That afternoon, the Los Angeles City Hall The curfew that was in place at that time was brought forward by one hour, from six to five in the afternoon, giving short notice. just when the young woman was on the street.

When they found out it was too late: hundreds of police surrounded the protest and the protesters were completely surrounded.

My friends started running in front of the police line and somehow escaped, but my grandmother always told me never to run in front of an agent so as not to give him reason to shoot me.”, He explains, with an overwhelming naturalness.

It was then that his particular nightmare began. She was detained, groped, locked in a cage, transferred to a cemetery and released after five hours with rock music at maximum volume and without access to water, telephone or being able to go to the bathroom..

Total, about seven hours of arrest that made that date the worst of his life.

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