Overview
- Bodycam video released by Port St. Lucie police shows 15-year-old Amy Chance approach a patrol car and strike it multiple times with a metal shovel.
- The incident occurred Nov. 3 outside her family home after an officer responded to a disturbance at the residence.
- An officer is heard saying “Are you kidding me?” before drawing a Taser, ordering her to drop the shovel, and taking her into custody without incident.
- Police report more than $1,200 in damage to the vehicle and have charged Chance with felony criminal mischief.
- Coverage highlights mixed social-media reactions to the footage and references a separate Anaheim case where a shovel-wielding man was fatally shot by police.