NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Taisha Allen claims to have been targeted and beaten by police because she filmed a video of Eric Garner's death while in police custody.

She has an injured arm and several bruises, which she said are proof of excessive force used by officers. She previously filmed a video after Garner became unconscious.


"He was like 'Oh, you're the [expletive] from the Eric Garner case'," Allen told PIX 11 News. "He grabs me, throws me over the gate and beats me with the baton on my back. He drags me from the gate then took my arms and said stop resisting arrest."

Allen said the incident occurred when she was trying to help her friend who was being arrested by police.

Allen's incident with New York City Police happened about two weeks ago and was also filmed.

Garner, a 43-year-old African American, was an unarmed when he died after a police officer placed him in an apparent chokehold last July. His death, and a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who killed him, sparked nationwide protests in December.

Taisha Allen was interviewed after the incident by CBS New York.

"It's crazy, and I was like, 'Perform CPR on him,' and they was like, 'He don't need CPR,'" Allen said. "He was not breathing at the time."