Video Of Cop Accused Of Assaulting Teen Released: Report

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Gloucester Township police officers were reportedly responding to a fight in an Erial home when an officer allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old girl. Video from the incident caught on body-worn camera was recently released, and can be seen below.

John Flinn, 27, is charged with simple assault for hitting the girl on the right side of the face with an open hand twice while he and other officers responded to what law enforcement has referred to as a report of a disturbance on March 8, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

On Thursday, the Courier Post reported that the officers were responding to a 911 call in which an unidentified woman reported that several people in the home were involved in a fight. She said they were “very aggressive” and “grabbing things to use as weapons.”

Video that was released by the prosecutor’s office shows the officers subduing the girl. While she is face down on a bed, the officers handcuff her. One officer that hits her in the side of the head and says, “Stop resisting,” to which she responds, “I’m not.” The girl cried out after the officer hit her, as was described in the prosecutor’s office’s press release about the incident.

The incident was recorded by the responding officers' body-worn cameras. The girl was taken to the hospital for evaluation, and wasn't facing criminal challenges.

Another officer reported Flinn’s actions, prompting an internal investigation. Flinn, a Gloucester Township police officer since 2015, was placed on immediate administrative leave when the internal investigation began, according to Gloucester Township Police Chief Harry Earle. Earle then suspended Flinn on March 15, and referred the matter to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

Flinn has a court date scheduled for April 17, according to the prosecutor's office.

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