LINCOLN PARK, Mich. – A woman was arrested after she sucker-punched a Lincoln Park officer as he was trying to make another arrest. Exclusive dashcam video shows the incident.
Kristen Campbell doesn't deny sucker-punching Lincoln Park Officer Patrick Culter.
"I am sorry," she said. "I told him that twice. I don't know what came over me."
Culter pulled over the car Campbell was riding in and determined the driver didn't have a license. Campbell got mouthy with Culter while he was arresting the driver.
"I'm tired of your mouth," Culter can be heard saying to Campbell. "Get the f*** out of here before I arrest you for the s*** you threw out the window for littering. Get out now or you can go to [jail] with her."
"You stepped on my (expletive) foot," Campbell said.
"You know what? Forget it," Culter said.
He ordered Campbell to the ground, but she struggled. A bystander then threw the cop the handcuffs he lost in the scuffle.
"You like hitting people, don't you?" Campbell can be heard saying.
"Let go of my handcuffs now," Culter said. "Take your hands off them."
Campbell was then stunned with a Taser three times.
Campbell said she threw the punch because she
didn't know who grabbed her from behind.
"I swung back, knowing he grabbed me, because he didn't say anything," Campbell said. "I didn't know who it was."
"But he was in full uniform," reporter Jermont Terry said. "How did you not know?"
"That's true," Campbell said. "I didn't see who was behind me, honestly."
Culter is now back at work with a noticeable black eye.
"She started running her mouth, and I told her she's going to jail," Culter said. "I go to grab her hands and she turned around and got me with those rings."
Campbell said she realizes now that she made a mistake.
"I'm lucky to be alive," Campbell said. "I guess the cop could have killed me."