Family: Indiana officer was too rough with woman during son's arrest
PORTAGE , Ind. -- A family in Northwest Indiana says police officers were too rough with their elderly mother .As CBS 2's Marybel González reported Friday night, police in Portage , Indiana were responding to a call about the woman's son â and say she intervened in the arrest.The 81-year-old woman ended up in the hospital â and now faces charges herself. While her family says police went too far, the police department says it stands by its officer.
A police officer wrote in a report that Rosa Maria 'interfered by attempting to push me away from her son and get between Eduardo and I,' and also wrote that 'Rosa got on my back, to which I pushed her off me and she fell to the ground.'But Rosa Maria's family said the officer was too rough with her â especially given her age.'An 81-year-old woman â she's frail,' said Dora Torres, Rosa Maria Garcia's daughter. 'She's widowed.
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