article_snippet: Holding on: Maylene Maldonado struggles as Major holds on to Maylene Maldonado neck - while the other officers stand back and do nothing .
article_snippet: 'Attack': the other officers then push Maylene Maldonado to the ground, where Major says: 'Shut the f
article_snippet: Thomas Charette, the acting chief at the time of the 2013 incident, defended Major's actions as appropriate because Maylene Maldonado was high on PCP and allegedly spat blood during Maylene Maldonado arrest. '
article_snippet: Sergeant Major made several attempts to speak softly and calmly with Maylene Maldonado in order to calm Maylene Maldonado and complete the booking process,' Charette said, according to WHDH. '
article_snippet: However, Maylene Maldonado was either unwilling or unable to understand simple instructions and kept insisting that Sergeant Major repeat Sergeant Major.'