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A woman who fled from a Vallejo police officer and crashed after a shoplifting incident in October had indicated she would comply before the officer forcibly pulled her from her car, slammed her against a cement truck and punched her in the face, body camera obtained by the Vallejo Sun shows.

A passenger in the car fled while Officer Colin Eaton was arresting the driver, identified as 19-year-old Maiya Green. Two bystanders grabbed the second woman and held her down. The body camera video shows her say repeatedly that she can’t breathe, but Eaton left her lying face down on the pavement.

The Oct. 13 incident was caught on video by a bystander and went viral on TikTok. Days later, when state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new stipulated judgment for Vallejo police reform, Bonta acknowledged he had seen the video and said it was “disturbing” and would be investigated.

Officer Colin Eaton's body camera video from Oct. 13 when he arrested 19-year-old Maiya Green.

But the city of Vallejo refused to release body camera video, saying that Green’s injuries were not severe enough to require its release under the law. The Vallejo Sun separately obtained Eaton’s body camera video, dash camera video and written report.