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Louisiana state authorities are now investigating after a U.S. Army veteran who was beaten by a Winnfield police officer. Tanisha White suffered broken bones in her face and a black eye.

White said the incident started when she visited a friend’s house when she called the police for a ride home. However, a“misunderstanding” triggered the attack.

“The police officer pulled the taser out and started shooting in my right eye,” White said. “I couldn’t see, I was screaming, It felt like I was getting electrocuted.”

White was admitted to a Shreveport hospital where she was treated for several broken bones in her face and a black eye KNOE reported.

White’s sister, Tramika Coleman said she was in “extreme shock” after she found out about the incident. Coleman said an officer informed her, White had hit her face on the concrete as she was trying to resist arrest.

“It just hurt my heart so much seeing her lay there when I walked in the hospital and I see her laying there,” she told the station. “She looked like she was in so much pain.”

White was hospitalized for three days and later got the life-changing news that she’d never be able to see out of her right eye again.

“It’s already hard living day to day. I have to stay with my parents you know, so this is just going to make my life even harder,” said White, who also suffers from PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

Louisiana state police are now investigating the allegations of police brutality.

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