ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is seeing the moments police intervened after they said a woman lit a fire in her apartment with her two children still inside, but the video is raising questions, as police can be heard saying they expected a call like this.
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When Albuquerque police showed up at the apartment of 28-year-old Yailasha Smith on February 7, smoke could be seen coming out through the door, but she refused to open it for the officers. When Smith finally lets the officer in, she claims she was cooking but dropped her lighter fluid in her bathtub. Her two children were lying on the bed, as flames were spreading in the bathroom. Once everyone was taken outside, officers told Smith that she was being arrested, but she resisted…