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Atlanta police release bodycam footage of judge’s arrest after police officer incident – ​​WSB-TV Channel 2

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ATLANTA – Atlanta police have released bodycam footage of the moments leading up to the arrest of a Douglas County probate judge.

Video released Friday night shows the confrontation between an off-duty Atlanta police officer and Judge Christina Peterson at the Red Martini bar in Buckhead.

Darryn Moore from Channel 2 watched the nearly two-hour video to see what happened in the moments before her arrest.

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An argument and fight broke out in an area outside the lounge. When an officer intervened, the judge said he hit him. She said it was an accident.

According to police, Peterson stabbed the officer in the chest. The video then shows the officer wrestling her to the ground and handcuffing her.

According to witnesses, Peterson was trying to stop a man from attacking another woman.

“She was the one who grabbed him. She didn’t mean to hit the cop,” Alexandria Love said.

“I don’t know what happened, but I know she didn’t intentionally mean to harm any police officer,” said another witness, Madison Kelley.

Love says she was the one Peterson tried to help and the man who attacked her got away.

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Attorney Marvin Arrington Jr., who represents Peterson, says she acted as a Good Samaritan and did nothing wrong.

“We believe the Atlanta Police Department should drop the charges,” he said. “And if they can’t drop them, then the district attorney’s office should.”

Peterson is charged with simple assault on a police officer and obstruction of justice.

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