VIEW ARREST VIDEO HERE From [HERE] A woman who stole a bottle of water on a hot 90-plus degree day and was thrown to the baking asphalt by a Paso Robles cop, and held there as she pleaded to be moved off the pavement, still suffers from the trauma and burns two years later. [New Times] Claiming she received severe burns from being pressed into sweltering pavement by a former Paso Robles Police Department officer a San Luis Obispo woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the officer, who has been mired in other controversies in recent months.

Rodi’a Monterroso-Bragg, 23, filed a lawsuit July 18 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against former police officer Jeffry Bromby. Monterroso-Bragg claims that Bromby used excessive force, in violation of her constitutional rights, during her arrest on July 30, 2010. She was suspected of shoplifting a $2.99 bottle of juice from Scolari’s Market in Paso Robles about 2 p.m. Monterroso-Bragg alleges Bromby held her against “scorching asphalt” for nearly 21⁄2 minutes during the arrest.

Her skin is now warped and discolored, and will likely never be normal again. Over the last year, Bragg’s been to doctors to help heal the burns she received last summer. She’s been to a therapist and was told she was exhibiting signs of anxiety, depression, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She’s even trying to move out of the state because of the ordeal. Her scars are a haunting reminder of what happened on July 30, 2010, and it was all because of a stolen bottle of water.