A pair of North Carolina police officers have come under fire after being filmed throwing a pair of teenage sisters to the ground and trying to snatch their phones after finding them in a car with drugs and a gun.

Brie Urban, 17, and her sister Jeweliana Urban, 14, were in a car with 17-year-old Tyrese Gary near Fayetteville, North Carolina, and one other unnamed person when the police arrived on Tuesday.

They had been called by a resident who told cops they smelled marijuana coming from the car.

When the two police officers arrived, they found a gun under the driver's seat where Tyrese was and a small amount of marijuana on Jeweliana.

Jeweliana Urban, 14, was thrown to the ground by an officer in Fayetteville, North Carolina, after she was found with marijuana on her in a car with a teenage boy who had a gun stashed under the driver's seat. Her sister filmed the take-down which occurred after Jeweliana started filming on her cell phone

As the officers arrested Tyrese, putting him in the back of their car with handcuffs on, both Jeweliana and her older sister started filming with their cell phones.

The two officers then tackled Jeweliana to try to get her phone out of her hands, throwing her to the ground as her older sister watched on and screamed.

In Brie's footage of the incident, she can be heard yelling: 'What are you doing right now? She didn’t do anything.

'Why are you doing that? What did she do?'

As they brought her down, Jeweliana tossed her phone to her sister.

Brie picked it up but was then thrown to the ground by one of the officers who told her 'it's evidence' as he wrestled her.

Another cop joined in to try to get Jeweliana's cell phone out of her hands. She tossed it to her older sister who was also filming on her own phone

As her sister was tackled, Brie shouted: 'Why are you doing that? She didn't do anything!'

After her sister threw her phone over to her, Brie was also tackled to the ground by the same cop who said the cell phone was 'evidence'. The officer, who has not been named, was placed on administrative leave

Brie, 17, and Jeweliana, 14 (shown above with their father and stepmother) said the police officers told them not to share the footage. Neither teenager was charged

Brie said she felt as though she had been 'assaulted' and that she 'didn't deserve' the treatment she received

The 17-year-old is heard yelling: 'Ouch!' and pleading: 'I didn’t do anything, sir. I did absolutely, I did nothing, sir.'

The video cut out after she was brought to the ground.

Neither sister was charged and they say the officers begged them not to share the footage but Brie posted hers on Facebook.

She also spoke to local news station WRAL and told them she felt as though she had been 'assaulted'.

'Seeing my little sister, she's 14, being tackled like that by a grown man. It was hard for me.'

One of the officers, the one who approached her and told her the phone was 'evidence', has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident.

The investigation is being carried out by the State Bureau of Investigation.