From [HERE] A Navy veteran claimed police brutality during a scuffle in Durham, but police said the woman was resisting arrest. Some of the incident was captured on cell phone video and could shed light on what really happened. Although the video is dark and blurry, friends of the alleged victim are heard on the video yelling for the officer to stop.

"Don't hit her man, don't hit her, come on bro, that's a female."

Twenty-five-year-old Stephanie Nickerson said the incident started when police showed up at her friend's home early Sunday morning. The police were called about a disturbance and wanted to search the house. Nickerson said she told her friend that she didn't have to let police in, and that's when things escalated.

"He was like put your arms behind your back, and I jerked my arm away and said no I haven't done anything wrong. And immediately after I jerked my arm back he threw me on the ground, he held me by my neck, and punched me repeatedly in my face and head," Nickerson said.

Meanwhile her friends said they stood by, watching helplessly. "He was hitting her with all his force. I could see him going all the way back, hitting her as hard as he could, and there was nothing I could do," eyewitness Tahveya Platt said.