Overview
- A brief video circulated on social media showed a Tempe bike-squad officer appearing to strike a woman during a late-night arrest on Mill Avenue, drawing widespread attention.
- Police say the encounter began when officers tried to detain two fighting men and 21-year-old Eryn Kelise Bonner intervened, and they contend she struck an officer multiple times during the struggle.
- The department released four additional clips, including body-worn camera and business surveillance, and said those videos show more context than the short social post.
- Bonner was booked on felony counts of aggravated assault on a first responder and resisting arrest, was released with electronic monitoring and a curfew, and has August court dates scheduled.
- Tempe police opened a formal administrative investigation to determine whether officer conduct followed department policy while the Tempe Officers Association defended the officer and called for looking at the fuller footage.