The 20-year-old mother who was beaten by cops at a New Jersey beach appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday morning to discuss the case, a day after the three officers involved in the incident where let off without criminal charges.

Emily Weinman was enjoying a sunny day at Wildwood beach with her 18-month-old daughter over Memorial Day weekend when officers came up and questioned her about an unopened bottle of alcohol.

To prove she hadn't been drinking, Weinman took and passed two breathalyzer tests, but refused to cooperate with the cops further when they demanded that she give them her last name.

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Emily Weinman appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday morning to speak about being beaten by police on a New Jersey beach

In her GMA interview, the young mom's lawyer (left) said she wasn't hit with the most serious charges until the video came out and the officers came under fire

"One situation doesn't define a person... I'm not this person that they're out here trying to make me seem like."



Mom punched in the head during violent beach arrest speaks out: pic.twitter.com/M0pCfJjWs5 — Good Morning America (@GMA) June 6, 2018

Witnesses recorded the officers then tackling Weinman to the ground, one repeatedly hitting her, as they struggled to put her into handcuffs.

When the video started going viral online, the officers - identified as Thomas Cannon, John Hillman and Robert Jordan - were placed on administrative duty. Prosecutors said Monday that the officers, who were hired on as temporary help for the summer, would not face criminal charges in Weinman's arrest. But they are still under investigation by internal affairs.

In an interview on CBS on Wednesday morning, she said it was unfair how she was treated and claimed the officers thought they were above the law which, she says, they have proven to be.

'They think that because they're cops they can get away with it and that's not the case, that's not right at all.

'In my eyes, I’m not a criminal. I’m not a bad person,' she said.

In an earlier interview on GMA, Weinman said the experience had been 'emotionally exhausting' for her.

Weinman said she 'didn't really see the point' in giving the officers her name.

Weinman was enjoying a day at the beach with her young daughter when the officers questioned her about an unopened bottle of alcohol. Things got heated when she refused to five her last name

'Something in my gut was just telling me something wasn't right with the situation and I just knew in my rights I didn't have to give them my name due to everything that they did. I cooperated and, like I said, I did everything that they asked to,' she said.

When asked if the reason she didn't want to give her name was because she was on probation for another 2016 arrest, Weinman responded: 'No, not mainly, no.'

She was also questioned about the officers' allegation that she was the first to strike.

'No, I didn't,' Weinman said.

The officers said she also kicked and spit at them. While Weinman said she may have kicked after they started being forceful with her, she never intended to spit at them.

At one point, as the officers handcuff Weinman, she turns around and spits at one of them. But she claims she was just trying to get sand out of her mouth

Weinman continues to profess her innocence as she is being led away by officers

The officers have claimed that Weinman was the first to attack them by kicking one of them in the groin, which is not seen in the video

'My daughter is right there seeing this,' Weinman screams. 'I didn't do anything wrong!'

'When he smashed my head into the ground I got sand in my mouth, so when they got me to the point where they got me on my stomach, you know, after I was like done struggling, trying to defend myself, I spit the sand in my mouth which makes me look like I was spitting at the officer, but that wasn't the case and it definitely wasn't my intention at all,' she said.

Weinman's attorney accompanied her to the interview, and pointed out that the she wasn't hit with the most serious charges until after the bystander video started going viral.

'The Saturday when she was taken into custody, she was in custody for a total of about 40 minutes. She was taken in, she was charged with misdemeanors. After the bystander video came out and started getting attention, that's when they charged her with aggravated assault, that's when they piled on,' her attorney Stephen Dicht said.

This shocking video shows the moment a New Jersey officer repeatedly punched Emily Weinman in the head during an arrest on Memorial Day weekend

'You're not allowed to hit me like that,' Weinman repeatedly tells the officers who continue to hold her down and proceed to handcuff the young woman

Her lawyer also condemned the Wildwood mayor, who has defended the cops' actions and said that Weinman was 'no angel'.

'All the things the mayor has said about her - she didn't go out that Saturday looking for trouble. She went to have a fun time on the beach with her daughter and they're the police officers,' Dicht said.

After the video came out, Weinman says she's faced all sorts of critics online.

'I've been real anxious over it. Kind of upset. Just the neg things that people say about me. They see one video, one situation, and they start saying all this negative stuff about a person. But one situation doesn't define someone. I'm not a bad person. I'm not this person that they're out here trying to make me seem like,' she said.