'I was violated, I was hurt in my own home': 74-year-old woman sues police for assault

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Following a police confrontation between Oklahoma City Officers and 74-year-old Ruby Jones, Jones and her attorney have filed a lawsuit.

"I felt I was violated, I was hurt in my own house," said Jones. "I will never forget this pain and agony that I suffer now that I didn't have before this."

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The incident was captured on police body cam video.

Officers originally showed up at Jones' house looking for her son, who was accused of making a bomb threat toward a healthcare facility. The video shows officers with their weapons already drawn.

Jones asked officers for a warrant but without showing one, the officers forced their way inside the home. In the video, Jones tries to explain to the police that her son is mentally ill and unarmed. Things soon escalate when officers handcuff Jones, pushing her against the wall before she fell to the ground.

The body camera video shows the officers lifting her up by her arms. She screams in pain, saying she needs to go to the hospital.

Officers escort her from her house to a patrol car, where she sat for about an hour. She was later released and faced no charges.

"To take this woman and parade her around while she says she has a heart problem and that her arm is hurting is t's infuriating," said Damario Solomon-Simmons, Jones' attorney.

Solomon-Simmons calls it a civil injustice.

He filed a lawsuit in the Oklahoma County District Court against the City of Oklahoma City and the three officers involved, Dan Bradley, Ryan Staggs, and James Ray.

"These individuals need to be stripped of being officers, they clearly don't understand the sacred oath of being a law enforcement officer to protect and serve," said Solomon-Simmons. "They did not protect this woman; they did not serve this grandmother who has served this community for decades."

During Tuesday's press conference, supporters say police brutality can no longer be tolerated, for the sake of all residents in the city.

"Can you imagine what might have taken place if a camera had not been on," said Garland Pruitt, President of the Oklahoma City NAACP. "For officers to abuse their power with a 74-year-old woman, can you imagine what might have happened to a young teenager or a black male? Our police offices are out of control at this point. These are areas where we allow them to abuse, misuse, and kill us and get away with it. Our society has got to greater than what we see here and experience every single day."

As jones waits for the next steps in litigation, she's thankful nothing worse happened.

"I just thank god, praise god hallelujah that I made it through," said Jones.

The Oklahoma City Police Department will not comment on pending litigation.

Officials did review the body cam of the incident and say corrective action to include discipline and training was taken to ensure future calls are handled appropriately.