GoFundMe Started For Woman After Glendale Heights Arrest

GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL — A GoFundMe has been started for Tyler Russell, a woman who was arrested in Glendale Heights. The officer involved in the incident was placed on administrative leave after video surfaced on social media showing the apparently violent arrest.

According to the GoFundMe, Russell was hospitalized after the arrest and later taken into custody. The GoFundMe hopes to raise money for her bail.

Glendale Heights police told WGN that Russell tried to fight off police as they were arresting her and bit and headbutted one of them.

In one video, it appears as though an officer punches Russell in the head while she is handcuffed. WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT.

In the GoFundMe for Tyler Russell, the fundraiser's organizers wrote, "Tyler Russell was accused of assault on an officer when she was the one who took the beating. She had to be put in the hospital for how bad she was hurt. When they took her they wouldn’t tell the family where she was placed and refused to let any of the family members talk to her. She was just placed on bail today June 2nd this morning. She is a mother to Jayden and a daughter and deserves to come home. Please Help Tyler Russell come home."

A protest for Russell was planned at 6 p.m. at Fullerton Avenue and Bloomingdale Road in Glendale Heights.

The village of Glendale Heights is asking anyone who witnessed the incident or has video to contact Deputy Oliver at 630-909-5453.

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