Cop Slapped a Black Woman in Front of the Judge — Then He Raised His Hand a Second Time

Seeing that his physical violence had utterly failed to break her spirit, Vance lost his mind completely. "Officer, stand down!" the Judge bellowed, rising to his feet and pointing at the bailiffs. But Vance was deaf to reason. Humiliated and desperate, he raised his hand a second time, his face contorted into an ugly mask of rage, ready to strike her again to force the physical submission he so desperately craved. But before his hand could descend, the heavy wooden doors at the back of the courtroom burst open. Three Internal Affairs investigators, tipped off by Clara’s legal team earlier that morning, flooded into the center aisle.