Shocking surveillance footage leads to firing of Jasper officers

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Shocking surveillance footage of two Jasper cops throwing a woman to the ground cost the officers their jobs Monday, the most recent firings in a department plagued by controversial terminations.

The Jasper City Council forced officers Ricky Grissom and Ryan Cunningham out of the department after Keyarika Diggles accused the officers of brutality.

Surveillance videos from the jail show Grissom and Cunningham grabbing Diggles by the hair, wrestling her to the ground and dragging her across the floor to another room.

Diggles, arrested in connection with unpaid traffic tickets, appears frustrated in the video when an officer hangs up the phone she was talking on.

"I didn't like what I saw," Jasper Mayor Mike Lout said Monday afternoon. "I especially didn't like it when (the officer) slammed her up against the wall."

Diggles was initially charged with resisting arrest in the incident. That charge was dropped Monday afternoon, according to the Bernsen Law Firm, her attorneys.

Diggles is pursuing charges against both men, according to a statement from the law firm.

What Grissom and Cunningham did was bad enough, Lout said, but to make it worse, the council wasn't told about the May 5 incident until last week.

"Anytime there's a use of force (report) or a complaint against the department, the city council damn well better know about it," Lout said.