After a video of Arkansas State Police trooper Holly Romero pulling over and arresting a lady last month who said her dog was dying went popular on TikTok, more than 57,000 people have signed an online petition demanding her termination.
The TikTok video is almost two minutes long and has received over 5.6 million views and 540,000 likes. Romero’s dashcam footage is displayed as she follows a blue Hyundai down Highway 67 in Hope while it is using its danger lights. Romero is following the car as her sirens are blaring. Romero follows her as the Hyundai pulls into the Byreview Veterinary Clinic parking lot.
Romero yells, “Hey, what the hell are you doing?” as the woman behind the wheel of the Hyundai and the woman sitting in the passenger seat of the Hyundai instantly exit their vehicles.
The driver approaches the trooper with her hands waving and clearly upset, saying, “I got to get my dog to the vet.”
I could care less! Romero answers.
Romero follows the woman as she makes her way back to her car. The driver reiterates, “I need to take my dog to the veterinarian.”
No, ma’am! Romero shouts.
Romero tugs on the woman’s right arm as she tells him that her dog is going to die and lets her take the dog inside to the veterinarian. The woman and the trooper struggle as the passenger leaves, and Romero violently places the driver’s hands behind her back in an attempt to arrest her. The woman continually screams, “Don’t touch me!” as Romero restrains her so that he may handcuff her. Romero informs her that she has been arrested. The woman is instructed to obey the trooper by the traveler with the dog.
My dog is dying! Once more, the woman yells.
Your dog is dying, therefore you’re going to stop traffic? Do you mean me? Romero says.
Romero marches the woman in handcuffs to the trooper’s car, and the woman informs him she had her hazards on. To bring the dog to the veterinarian, the woman yells at the traveler.
Romero declared, “I don’t care if you had your flashers on, you almost ran a car off the road, you’re going into custody.”
The woman is seen on camera being thrown onto her stomach in the back of the patrol truck while sobbing and screaming and pleading with the officer to allow her to sit up.
Romero removed the trooper’s hat while she was arresting the driver, and the passenger, still holding the dog, walks to the trooper’s vehicle’s hood to return it.
He was killed, I killed him! The trooper calls for backup while the driver curses and sobs.
Romero tells them to get in.
“All right,” the driver replies, “I will.”
Enter today! Romero lets out a scream.
As Romero radios that she has a female in custody, the video concludes with the woman in custody sobbing uncontrollably.
Romero should either be investigated or fired for her actions, according to comments made beneath the TikTok and the petition. The comments claim that Romero acted without empathy and with excessive force when a woman was upset about the dying dog. According to several comments, Romero had the opportunity to be a hero but opted for violence and rage instead, and the trooper could have issued a ticket to the woman after assisting her with the dog.
Under articles that have nothing to do with the situation, Arkansas State Police’s social media platforms have been inundated with passionate comments.
Although some claim that the dog perished, it is unclear if this is true.
Additionally, the Hyundai is seen driving straight through an intersection from a left turning lane while its hazard lights are on in the roughly 19-minute video of the event.
Romero had the right-of-way and was going to turn left at the lighting when she nearly collides with the automobile at the junction. The trooper promptly follows the Hyundai by turning around. The Hyundai is shown speeding down a two-lane highway in the dashcam film, passing a car and moving into the opposite lane. The Hyundai nearly collides with a car approaching from the other direction, causing the other car to swerve to the side of the road to avoid being struck.
Romero may be heard saying, “Oh, hell no.” Romero tails a car into the veterinarian parking lot after passing it on the shoulder and activating her sirens. Romero is seen attempting to catch up to the Hyundai, hitting speeds of 77 mph in a 35 mph zone.
When the second trooper arrived on the scene, the woman under arrest, identifying herself as April Robinson, apologized and said that the dog had escaped the house, had been hurt, and required medical attention. She recognizes the traveler as her mom.
She explains, “I didn’t want to kill my mom’s dog.”
Romero informs the second trooper that she is transporting Robinson to the Hempstead County Detention Center on charges of illegal passing, failing to yield to traffic, resisting arrest, and escaping.
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