Terrifying moment cop is flung head-first into pavement from convertible as vile mob mocks failed arrest

A disturbing video shows the moment a Texas police officer was thrown from a convertible as he tried to make an arrest, prompting an unruly crowd to taunt him as he lay unconscious.

Footage from the parking lot outside Little Woodrow’s in Beaumont shows a woman in a short dress running to her red convertible and getting into the driver’s seat when a police officer tries to jump through the back door in an attempt to stop the woman.

But the woman, who has since been identified as 28-year-old Jamaysha Butler, stepped on the accelerator, sending the officer flying headfirst onto the sidewalk.

The officer was then seen lying on the ground with his arms spread out, apparently unconscious, while others gathered around him, laughing at the officer and making mean comments.

‘Yes, yo! Police! Step on my man!’ a bystander was heard shouting.

Even more people joined in online as the video spread on social media.

“Beaumont police play dead after woman makes smooth escape,” someone commented. according to the New York Post.

“Dude thought he was Paul Blart,” sneered another, referring to the bumbling security guard played by Kevin James in Mall Cop, while a third wrote: “He said, ‘I’ll just lay here and pretend that didn’t happen.” ‘

The officer has since been identified as U.S. Army and National Guard veteran Andrew Fitzer, 38

But the officer – who has since been identified as US Army and National Guard veteran Andrew Fitzer, 38 – suffered a brain haemorrhage in the aftermath. KFDM reports.

He was taken to a hospital in Beaumont and then transferred to a facility in Houston, where he was in serious but stable condition. He was eventually released from the hospital on Sunday.

Meanwhile, other officers responded to Butler’s home Friday morning, where they arrested her as she tried to flee again.

A probable cause document stated that she had “red and glassy eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her breath and person.”

“She was extremely violent and hostile toward both officers and jail staff, to the point where it was deemed unsafe to administer a standardized sobriety test on her.

‘She continued her behavior and refused to listen to the legal warning.’

Butler is now charged with DUI and evading detention, both resulting in serious bodily injury to a peace officer.

Police also arrested Melissa Bell, 22, that morning after she allegedly kicked and kneed an arresting officer who tried to lead her into a patrol car.

Fitzer was seen in footage posted online on the ground, apparently unconscious, as an unruly crowd jeered and made vile comments at him.

Police explained in an affidavit obtained by KFDM that Fitzer was in the process of arresting Butler “when Bell placed himself between Officer Fitzer and the other subject and interfered with the arrest.”

It noted that Bell was also drunk “in an agitated state and without obeying lawful commands.”

“Wile who was taking Bell to my patrol unit planted her feet on the ground to prevent me from taking her to my vehicle,” the affidavit says.

‘A struggle ensued and Bell kicked and kneed me, causing pain.’

Bell was later charged with public intoxication, resisting arrest, interference with public duties, assault on a peace officer and outstanding warrants – as both she and Butler had previously been arrested.

Beaumont police later arrested Jamaysha Butler, 28, and Melissa Bell, 22

A local judge has now set Butler’s bond at a total of $282,500 and Bell’s bond at $154,000. He also ordered both women to wear GPS ankle monitors and remain in Jefferson County if they post bail.

But Ashlee Johnson, the branch manager of nearby Regional Finance, told 12 News she believes more should be done about the young people who frequent Little Woodrow’s bar.

“Every few months there’s something going on there, and I think it’s because the public is getting better and better,” she claimed, noting that she now feels unsafe walking to her car after work.