Rosa: Would you mind telling us what happened from the beginning?
Aisha: Sure. I was walking home from the pharmacy when two uniformed cops stopped me and asked me what was in my bag. I said nothing, just some personal items. But then they kept bothering me, saying, well, if it's nothing, I should have no problem with showing them. But in my mind I'm like, why do I need to show them my new loofah?
Rosa: You don't. It's your loofah.
Aisha: Thank you, Ms. Diaz. It is my loofah. Anyways, I said I wanted to go home, so I tried to walk past them, and they grabbed me. Suddenly, I'm thrown on the ground and they're yelling at me to stop resisting, which I wasn't. I was just scared. Then they threw me up against the squad car, saying they was arresting me for assaulting them. I'm the one who got the black eye and bruises all over my body, but somehow I assaulted them? Do you remember what time of day it was?
Aisha: 5:45, 6:00.
Rosa: So right at the end of a shift.
Aisha: Which means?
Rosa: Some officers like to make arrests at the end of their shift so they can work later and get extra overtime.
Aisha: That is so wrong.
Jake: It is. But I promise you, we are gonna get you justice.
Aisha: Yeah, we'll see.