Erin Marie Cowser, a Black 17-year-old high school girl from California, was committing no crime when a cop grabbed her from behind and body slammed her to the ground, leaving her with a concussion, traumatic brain injury and several lacerations to her face.
San Bernardino police, however, claimed the cop used a “takedown maneuver” on the girl because she was resisting arrest, pulling away from the cop, who had only placed one handcuff on her.
But that was before the video surfaced showing San Bernardino police officer Jackson Tubbs grabbing her from behind by her SpongeBob SquarePants backpack and arresting her without explanation.
Cowser, in fact, had been a victim of assault by a group of other teens, which is why the cops were called in the first place, according to a lawsuit filed last week in state court…