A demonstrator said she feels sore from when an Orlando police officer shoved her to the ground on Saturday.
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The incident unfolded Saturday afternoon after protesters had finished their demonstration around Lake Eola.
“There’s about four or five of us that are a little bit up ahead, and I’m with that group. And as we pass the Publix, this woman comes out, and we recognize her as the same woman who had been following us around earlier in the day,” said Lamia Moukaddam, the protester seen on camera being pushed by the officer. ”
The incident unfolded on Lake Avenue near the corner of Central Boulevard.
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The protesters, who are part of the advocacy group ‘Central Florida Queers for Palestine’, were walking into Publix to grab their vehicles, and that’s when they were confronted by a woman who had initially screamed opposing ideas against the group.
“She was heckling like the group of people walking by, and they were just standing there yelling back at her for a little moment,” said Moukaddam. “Then I see OPD come up with their bikes alongside them, and at this point, the woman joins the Orlando Police Department in the street and in their ranks, following us back to our cars. So, I pulled my phone out to record this, and you see the response of the sergeant on the bike, where he shows me so hard that I fly a few feet away, slam my head and shoulder into a tree.”