Wildwood police video: New footage of beach arrest

Alex N. Gecan | Asbury Park Press

Show Caption Hide Caption Wildwood police video: 'I'm a f---ing woman' Patrolman Rhameir D. Edwards' body camera captures an exchange with Emily Weinman during her arrest.

WILDWOOD - Police have released several new segments of footage from a violent beach arrest that began with an investigation into underage drinking on May 28.

They have also released investigation reports and use-of-force reports after a public records request by the Asbury Park Press. The reports show police officers' accounts of the brawl, which began after Emily R. Weinman, 20, of Philadelphia refused to tell officers her name as they questioned her and a 16-year-old girl about bottles of the alcoholic beverage Twisted Tea around their spot on the beach.

In footage from Patrolman Rhameir Edwards' body camera and his cruiser's dashboard camera, Weinman continues to protest her arrest as Edwards drives her to police headquarters. Watch the footage from Edwards' body cam above.

As the cruiser rolls off the beach, Edwards asks Weinman how old she is.

"None of your business," she replies. "Who hires cops to f---ing put their hands on people? I'm a f---ing woman."

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Edwards, who was not involved in the initial confrontation and had driven to the beach to take Weinman to the police station, says "I don't know what happened out there."

"That doesn't matter, you're one of them," Weinman says.

"All I can tell you is, if I don't get your information, we're going to put you in jail," Edwards says.

"You can do what you've got to f---ing do," Weinman says.

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Another clip shows several people, one of whom is holding an infant girl, confronting police officers over the arrest.

Police tell them to clear out and calm down and that they can pick Weinman up later. Watch that clip below.

Wildwood police video: 'Take a walk' Several people, one whom says Emily Weinman is his girlfriend, confront Wildwood police officers over her arrest.

Another clip shows several of the officers who first approached Weinman describing the confrontation to Sgt. Matthew Sicilia. They say that Weinman struck and kicked them and one officer says he "hit her a couple times." Watch that clip below.

Wildwood police video: 'I hit her a couple times' Officers describe their arrest of Emily Weinman to a sergeant.

Police first released three segments of body camera footage two days after the incident.

That footage showed officers giving Weinman a breath test.

Police body cam: Woman punched at the beach - Long Version These are the three police body cam videos released by the Wildwood Police Department of the violent arrest of a 20-year-old Philadelphia woman. The three videos were edited by the Asbury Park Press/USATODAY Network New Jersey into a single video.

One officer can be heard saying in part of the body camera footage that they would have Weinman or her group pour out alcohol at the scene. The officers changed their minds at some point and decided rather to take Weinman into custody. Weinman backs away and then appears to shove an officer in the torso.

Wildwood police video: 'We're allowed to carry alcohol' The second video of six released by Wildwood New Jersey police, of the violent arrest of a 20-year-old Philadelphia woman on the beach.

Weinman and several officers then struggle on the ground.

Wildwood police video: 'You're choking me' The third video of six released by Wildwood police showing the violent arrest of a 20-year-old Philadelphia woman on the beach.

The arrest first came to light when a bystander's video went viral shortly after the arrest. That video showed the scrum in the sand but not the events that led up to it.

Woman punched in the head on the beach by NJ Police during arrest. Wildwood police have launched an internal affairs investigation after video surfaced showing an officer punching a 20-year-old woman in the head twice during an arrest.

The three class-II special law enforcement officers involved in the arrest — Thomas Cannon, John Hillman and Robert Jordan — were put on administrative duty pending the outcome of the internal affairs investigation, police announced the day after the incident.

The Cape May County Prosecutor's Office determined the officers had not broken any state laws governing use of force and referred the investigation back to the city police department's internal affairs office, Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland wrote in a prepared statement June 5. The prosecutor said his office's Professional Standards Unit would monitor the city investigation.

Weinman's attorney, Stephen P. Dicht, said they intended to fight the charges.

He said that something one of the officers appears to have said in one of the clips — that Weinman was going to get "dropped" — was a threat and an offense.

Weinman appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America," where she said she had suffered injuries to her neck and back and said that she was "not a bad person."

"The things people say about me. They see one video and one situation and say all this negative stuff about a person. ... I’m not this person that they’re out here trying to make me seem like,” Weinman said.

Read the officers' reports and Weinman's summonses below.

Alex N. Gecan: @GeeksterTweets; 732-643-4043; agecan@gannettnj.com