A Kansas City woman says she suffered a concussion, memory loss, a swollen eye and a bruised face when several off-duty Kansas City police officers wrestled her to the ground during an arrest at the Power & Light District last week.
Daysheion Renee Ponds, 25, was with a cousin and his girlfriend, watching the Jan. 28 AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens about 8 p.m. when she had an argument with a bartender about her bill and police were summoned.
Cellphone video recorded by a bystander shows several Kansas City Police Department officers pulling Ponds, who is Black, toward a security office as she is handcuffed and screaming. In the video, an officer is seen grappling with Ponds and forcing her head and face into the ground while she calls for help. A second officer places his knee on the back of Ponds’ leg to prevent her from moving.
In the video, one of the officers is heard yelling at Ponds: “If you act like an animal, we’re going to treat you like an animal.”