The Nov. The footage starts with the officer, identified as Nicholas Poblete, telling the woman they received reports of someone doing donuts in a vehicle that matched the description of hers. The two go back-and-forth a bit, as she explains she doesn't know how to do donuts and says she is "not that good at driving. After saying goodbye, Poblete walks back to her car to ask questions about the expired vehicle registration.
From there, their exchange lasts for about eight minutes, in which officers repeatedly asked her questions about her car insurance, vehicle registration and drivers license and she deflects. BART officials say the woman "displayed erratic behavior" during questioning. As tension escalates, the woman also did not comply with multiple commands to hand over her car keys and exit her car. Next, the video shows the woman grabbing her license back from the officer.
Officer Poblete then reaches inside her car, as the woman screams asking him to stop. He continues to ask her to get out of the vehicle, saying "I am going to pepper spray you. That's when Poblete fired three shots, according to the statement.
The year-old was wounded in the upper torso from the gunfire that struck her. Officials said she was treated in a nearby hospital and later discharged. Poblete is currently on administrative leave. According to BART, he had worked for its police force for six and a half years and serves in the operations bureau. In a statement, BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin said a third-party investigator is conducting an internal administrative review of the incident "to avoid any possibility of bias.
Franklin also noted BART released the full, unedited body-worn camera footage from both officers who responded to the stop. Personal information about the woman was edited out in order to comply with "statutorily mandated redactions," the transit agency said. Officers should move out of the path of an approaching vehicle instead of discharging their firearm at the vehicle or any of its occupants.
