Thursday, October 15, 2020

Black Woman Filmmaker Who Produced Film About Police Brutality Gets Attacked By Police

Brittany Chrishawn, the producer of the award-winning police brutality film “Illville,” gets attacked and left with broken teeth after police trespass on her property.

Nationwide — Brittany Chrishawn, is an award-winning filmmaker and social justice advocate. She produced a film that explores police brutality and has now been brutalized herself by police officers in Jacksonville, Florida. Her film Illville most recently won an award at The Cannes International Pan African Film Festival 2020. (Watch the live encounter on YouTube)

The police allege that Brittany assaulted an officer with a plastic spoon. But there’s video footage showing something different.

On May 13th, 2020, JSO officer Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca parked in Brittany’s driveway for no legal reason. The police report claims he thought the property was vacant so he parked there to check his email. Brittany approached the officer’s vehicle to ask if she could help him. But she ended up having to call 911 to report the officer.

But when more officers arrived on the scene, Brittany was arrested with the use of excessive force by multiple male officers, one of them being JSO Officer Tyler Landreville who’s known for having already killed 2 African American men in Jacksonville – Vernell Bing in 2016 and Frankie Feliciano in 2019.

“We both felt the same fear that we imagine all black people feel right before they die at the hands of law enforcement,” said Ausar Moore, Brittany’s husband who witnessed the encounter.

The story was covered locally by News4Jax and The Jacksonville Florida Times-Union.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://blacknews.com/news/police-brutalize-brittany-chrishawn-black-woman-produced-police-brutality-film/