By Joanna Putman
Police1
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Police Department released body camera footage showing a county judge being taken into custody after allegedly assaulting an officer, 11 Alive reported.
The incident happened on June 20 while an Atlanta police officer was working an approved extra job at a restaurant, the Atlanta Police Department said in a news release.
According to police, the officer overheard commotion nearby and went to investigate. As the officer was helping security and attempted to de-escalate the situation, “an unidentified female, later identified as 38-year-old Christina Peterson, rushed toward the commotion and immediately started screaming at the security guard and the officer,” the department stated.
“Peterson then forcibly pushed the officer in the chest and kept swiping his hands away as he attempted to assist the female being escorted out. After pushing the officer again, she was placed into custody,” the department said.
Peterson is a probate judge in Douglas County, according to11 Alive.
The body camera footage shows Peterson sitting handcuffed in a police cruiser, where she hurled profanities at officers and repeatedly refused to identify herself. She was eventually taken to the Fulton County Jail, facing charges of battery against a police officer and felony obstruction of law enforcement, according to 11 Alive.