Knoxville, Tennessee woman kicked officers
A woman who allegedly kicked officers after being found passed out in a car that was blocking a ramp on I-40 is facing several charges.
Official response and confirmed impact
5. There, officers found 21-year-old Erica Cooper slumped over the wheel with a two-year-old child in the back seat.
Incident under investigation
According to court documents obtained by News, officers were dispatched to a car blocking the right lane of the I-40 East ramp to Alcoa Highway shortly after midnight on Nov.
Court records say she became combative after officers woke her up and asked her to get out of the car, prompting officers to put her in handcuffs.
Officers asked Cooper several questions, but court documents say her answers were “rambling and incoherent” with slurred speech consistent with alcohol use.
Because her car was blocking the road, officers said they went to get the child out of the car, which resulted in Cooper becoming “combative and disorderly.” As she was getting moved into the back of a police cruiser, court records say she spit on and kicked two officers, prompting AMR to respond and sedate her before taking her to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for evaluation.
