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Brittany Bozeman, Denise Bozeman and Patrice Bozeman were among three arrested by Birmingham police during a clash at Patrice Bozeman's birthday party for her 5-year-old daughter.

A 5-year-old's weekend birthday party in one of Birmingham's public housing communities ended up with four adults arrested and a 4-month-old pepper sprayed, and now residents and community activists are calling for the firing of two city police officers.

Patrice Bozeman, 24, said family members were gathered outside her apartment in Kingston Saturday night to celebrate the birthday of her daughter, Zauriona. Two beat officers, they said, told them the music was too loud and when they questioned them on it, they said, at least 15 police officers arrived as backup and chaos erupted.

When it was over, three adult sisters and their father were hauled off to jail on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and public intoxication. Those arrested were Patrice Bozeman, Brittany Bozeman, 28, Denise Bozeman, 23 and their father Menderryl Wright, 48, They claim they were Maced, tazed and "arrested for the crime of having a birthday party." Wright also was trespassed, and told not to return to his daughters' homes.

A video titled "Police Terrorism in Birmingham" was posted to YouTube. That video, shown below, contains some adult language. Police said that video does not show the events leading up to the arrests.

Birmingham police, however, said the events didn't quite unfold as explained by the Bozeman family and on Monday showed media representatives body camera video from three different officers on the scene. Those videos - which police can't yet release because of the ongoing Internal Affairs Investigation - show two family members pushing police officers and a third throwing something at the officer. Two officers had their body cameras knocked off during the confrontation, said Lt. Sean Edwards.

"The Birmingham Police Department is aware of the incident and we're always concerned when one of our citizens has an allegation regarding our officers so we will conduct a full investigation,'' Edwards said. "From a preliminary review of the officers' body camera footage, there were several instances where the citizens disregarded the officers' instructions which eventually led to the officers attempting to make an arrest."

On Monday, the family held a press conference in Kingston and were joined by multiple community activist and groups including Democratic Socialists of America, New Era Birmingham, Outcast Voters League and Black Lives Matter. "They use the law to basically terrorize the community,'' said activist Avee-Ashanti Shabazz. "You can't speak out, or else."

"The community feels helpless because who can they go to? There's a long list of complaints against these officers, but they're still here,'' Shabazz said. "You go to the police department to file complaints but nothing gets done. They have no voice."

Patrice Bozeman said the incident happened about 7:30 p.m. Saturday outside of her 44th Place North apartment. She said at least one police officer passed by, waived at the partygoers and continued on. Two more officers, who residents said they've repeatedly complained about, then came to the scene.

Family members said Denise Bozeman then questioned the officers about why they were there. "He was like, 'You really want to go there?''' Patrice Bozeman said. The officer went to the car, she said, and called for backup. That's when the family says 15 more police cruisers showed up at the scene.

The family insists they did nothing to escalate the situation. Asked if anyone slapped or touched a police officer, they said no but said, "That's what they're trying to claim."

Denise Bozeman, who the family says has been repeatedly targeted by police, said one officer choked her while the other used pepper spray on her. "They had eight bodies on me,'' Denise Bozeman said. "My body is sore." She said she has asthma, and that police later handcuffed her to a hospital bed while she received a breathing treatment.

According to a press release from Eric Hall of DSA, police "maced several children, threw them off of bikes and onto the ground. Police held community members that lived in the area for decades at gunpoint."

Patrice Bozeman said the incident will have a last effect on her daughter. "She was very upset,'' she said. "She keeps saying, 'Mama, they ruined my party.'''

Birmingham police said the child's party started about 2:30 p.m. and was still going on five hours later. He pointed out that the Birmingham Housing Authority prohibits private parties without prior permission by authorities there.

Police, he said, went to the apartment earlier in the day where loud, "vulgar" music was blaring. The officers told the family to turn the music down, but were going to allow them to continue with the party despite the fact that they weren't supposed to be doing so.

When the loud music continued, officers returned to the apartment and spoke with the family. When they were met with resistance, which was shown in the officers' body camera footage, the officers decided to issue a noise ordinance violation and make arrests.

That's when the chaos erupted. Initially there were only two officers on the scene, but a handful more showed up. Police said, however, there were not 15 officers there. Some of the family members did resist arrest, and Denise Bozeman was Maced, they said and the video showed. Mist from that Mace affected others in the area, including the infant.

"During the course of that exchange, the citizens were not compliant so the officers made a decision to arrest the instigator,'' Edwards said. "At that time, the citizen resisted and even shoved the officer which led to the escalation. The primary officer used his spray on the one subject but other family members attempted to intervene and prevent the arrest."

A boy was knocked off of his bicycle during the melee but was not seriously injured. Paramedics were dispatched to the scene. Edwards said there were gunshots heard from a distance in the officers' body camera videos, and other officers responded to investigate the gunfire.

The family and the activists are calling on the department to apologize to the Bozeman family, drop the charges against them and to fire the two beat officers, both of whom are black.

"There's an unwritten rule in our community - don't question the police. Because the sister stood up for herself, it escalated,'' Shabazz said. "The problem is not her, the problem is the police. This situation did not have to be."

Police said the investigation is ongoing. The officers remain on the job and have not been reassigned.