A woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta and the Atlanta police department who claims officers body-slammed her to the ground, breaking her collarbone, right outside of Lenox Square mall. The incident was captured on video by an eyewitness Heather Upham during the George Floyd protests according to FOX 5 Atlanta. Protest started that particular day in downtown Atlanta, but by night it went   north across the city to the Buckhead area, where chaos and looting began. In a plan to block protesters from moving throughout the area, police put several barricades along Peachtree Road, where Lenox Square is located, and parking lots to surround shopping centers. Amber Jackson alleges she was attempting to move a police barricade to gain entry to her car when she encountered Atlanta Police Officers Cody Swanger and Jeremiah Brandt around 12:30 a.m. on May 30.

Officer Swanger has been accused of pulling Jackson from her car and throwing her the ground. The officers then proceeded to search her car, which showed no evidence of Jackson or her boyfriend looting. Jackson was charged with disorderly conduct.

“Without this video, this would have been swept under the rug,” Jackson’s Attorney Mawuli Davis said during a June 25 press conference.

According to the lawsuit, Jackson works as a dental hygienist, suffered two breaks in her collarbone and had to have surgery. Therefore, she hasn’t been unable to work for several months. However, unlike Jackson, both officers remained working. The lawsuit says Swanger was suspended for two days and received a written reprimand and Brandt received two written reprimands. Jackson, her attorneys or Upham believe the officers’ punishment was enough.

“This is exactly why we’re protesting. She could’ve been the next George Floyd,” Upham told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“She had done nothing wrong, but what we see time and again … the default mechanism to lie,” said Harold Spence, another one of Jackson’s attorneys. “When you have video that lie had a temporary lifespan.”

APD spokesperson says the police encounter only escalated when Jackson refused to follow officer commands to exit her car. “During her effort to resist the arrest, the officer had to force her to the ground to get her in handcuffs.”

Jackson’s attorneys argue in the ;awsuit that neither Swanger or Brandt had justification to pull their client over in the first place.

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