The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has opened an administrative review into an incident involving a woman whose mugshot was taken while she was apparently strapped into a device and restrained by a jailer.
The 36-year-old woman had been arrested by Chattanooga police on April 20 and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after she was seen panhandling on city streets, according to Hamilton County court documents.
An officer saw her in the area of New Hope Presbyterian Church on Shallowford Road and asked her to move along, as panhandling is not allowed within the city.
The woman told the officer she would not move along and that the officer was violating her free speech, according to documents.
The officer kept asking the woman to leave, and when she kept refusing, the officer asked her for identification. When the woman refused to provide that or state her name, the officer tried to arrest her. But the woman jerked away and moved her body in such a way the officer was unable to take her into custody.