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WEBVTT KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S JAMES WILCOXIS LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.JAMES: THAT INTERNALrtINVESTIGATION WON'T JUST BELOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED ONCAMERA, BUT WHAT LEAD UP TO IT.THE MAN WHO RECORDED THE VIDEOSAYS HE BELIEVES THE OFFICER WASrtSIMPLY TRYING TO DO HER JOB.THIS IS THE CELL PHONE VIDEOTHAT'S PROMPTED AN INTERNALINVESTIGATION AT THE OMAHAPOLICE DEPARTENT.>> TO THISrt POINT, SHE ISGRABBING THE COPS ARM.JAMES: BRANDON RECORrtDED IT.>> THERE WAS A GUY THAT STARTEDA BAR FIGHT AND THEY WERE TRYINGTO GET HIM TO LEAVE.HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TO GO BUTHE JUST KEPT CAUSING MOREPROBLEMS.JAMES:rt THE INCIDENT HAPPENINGAROUND 2:00 SUNDAY MORNING NEAR13TH AND HOWARD.BRANDON FILMING AS THINGSESCALATED.>> AND THEY WARNED HER MULTIPLErtTIMES TO GET AWAY AND SHE WOULDNOT LEAVE.JAMES: HE SAYS EVENTUALLYGRABBING AN OFFICER, WHICH ISWHEN THE OTHER FEMALE POLICEOFFICER PUSHED HER.>>rt IT LOOKED A LOT HARDER THANIT SHOULD'VE BEEN BECAUSE SHEWAS PRETTY INTOXICATED AS WELL.JAMES: BRANDON TWEETED THEVIDEO, LEADING TO THIS TWEETFROM THE OMAHA POLICEDEPARTMENT, SAYING THE CHIEF HADAUTHORIZED AN INTERNALrtINVESTIGATION INTO THE ENTIREINCIDENT, NOT JUST THE SNIPPETCAPTURED HERE.HASHTAG TOO EARLY TO JUMP TOCONCLUSIONS.>> I THINK IT GOT TO THE POINTWHERE SHE WAS GETTING OUT OFCONTROL AND IT WAS AFFECrtTING THEARREST.JAMES: BRANDON DOES NOT THINKTHIS IS A CASE OF EXCESSIVEFORCE, AND HOPES HIS ACCOUNTWILL BE TAKEN INTOCONSIDERATION.>>rt ALL OF THE PEOPLE THINKINGTHIS WAS POLICE BRUTALITY, ITHINK THAT NEEDS TO GO TO REST.THEY WERE JUST DOING THEIR JOB.JAMES:rt ACCORDING TO OPD, ANYTIMEAN OFFICER USES FORCE, THEY'REREQUIRED TO DOCUMENT IT FORREVIEW BY SENIOR COMMAND.THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RELEASEDANY NAMES, AND IT'S UNCLEAR IFTHE WOMAN THAT WAS PUSHED WASEVER ARRESTED.rt

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A cell phone video posted on Twitter has prompted an internal investigation at the Omaha Police Department.The video was taken around 2 a.m. Saturday morning near 13th and Howard streets. It shows a female OPD officer pushing a woman, who then falls to the ground.Omaha police Monday identified the woman as 24-year-old Ashley Baer. They arrested her and booked her on charges of third-degree assault and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors."There was a guy that started a bar fight, and they were trying to get him to leave. They were trying to get him and his girlfriend to go, but he just kept causing more problems," Brandon Dahir said. Dahir recorded the incident after seeing it while walking in the area with friends."Police warned her multiple times get away get away, and she wouldn't leave," Dahir said.Dahir said the woman eventually grabbed an officer, which is when the other officer pushed her."It looked a lot harder than it was because she was pretty intoxicated," he said.Dahir tweeted the video, which led to a tweet from the Omaha Police Department. It said the chief had authorized an internal investigation of the entire incident and people shouldn't jump to conclusions.Dahir said the officers were simply trying to do their jobs during a difficult situation."I think it got to the point where she was getting out of control, and it was affecting the cops' arrest," he said.He doesn't think it's a case of excessive force and hopes the department will consider his account during the investigation."All of the people thinking this was police brutality, I think that needs to go to rest. They were just doing their job," Dahir said.According to OPD, anytime an officer uses force they're required to document it for review by senior command. The department hasn't released the names of those involved.