Eventually, Swerdlove called for backup and several other officers, including James Legg, arrived.

“The officers who were responding clearly were not aware of what they were responding to,” Miller said. “The first officer that arrived to assist noticed that the driver they were dealing with was an older lady and didn’t appear to be threatening the officers when they arrived.”

After Campbell agreed to exit, the video shows an unprovoked Legg begin to cuss and yell at her, and then grab her arm in a jerking motion.

“Am I in a movie? Is this a movie? I couldn’t believe it. It was surreal,” she told Petchenik. “I didn’t expect that in America. I didn’t expect that in Atlanta. I didn’t expect that especially in Alpharetta.”

In the video, Campbell can be heard screaming loudly for help.

“I was scared,” she said. “I felt like I was ganged up on."

Alpharetta Police Chief John Robison released a taped statement to Petchenik Thursday in which he said he reviewed the video and immediately suspended Legg for his actions.

“As I was watching the video I had some major concerns about what I was seeing,” Robison said. “There are aspects of the video…that simply do not represent who we are as an organization.”

Robison said he’s ordered an internal affairs investigation and promised swift action at the conclusion of the investigation.

“They need to be put on suspension, disciplinary action without pay. That normally works in the brain,” said Campbell. “I don’t like the issue of firing people. I think everyone has a space for redemption.”

Campbell has retained a civil rights attorney, Mutepe Akemon, but said Thursday she wasn’t sure if she’d take legal action.

She said she wants an apology from the city and the police department.

“I was offended. We have a 65-year-old diabetic grandmother here who was summarily attacked,” Akemon told Petchenik. “We need a full investigation from the GBI and from the internal affairs division of the Alpharetta police.”