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The woman who was punched by a Davenport police officer during her shoplifting arrest last year is suing the city.

Brandie Redell, 35, of Davenport, filed a lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court, Davenport.

The suit details the incidents the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2013, at the Von Maur store at NorthPark Mall, Davenport, when store security called Davenport police after Redell was stopped on suspicion of shoplifting.

Two of the lawsuit's defendants, identified as Officer Scott Crow and Officer Vincent Jacobsen, entered the store security office.

As Redell was on the phone with her boyfriend, she and Crow began arguing when Crow attacked Redell, the lawsuit states.

Crow pushed Redell into a corner of the room and slammed her face into the floor, the lawsuit states. He then punched Redell in the head more than five times.

Redell's 2-year-old daughter was in the room, upset and crying, the lawsuit states.

After sitting on top of Redell, Crow threw two or three more punches at her head before Jacobsen handcuffed her, the lawsuit states.

The incident was captured on a store surveillance camera.