A startling video has emerged showing an officer putting his hand around a woman 's throat then forcing her to the floor at a Massachusetts police station . The footage , taken in February 2013 , was released this week following a $ 1 million federal lawsuit filed by the woman , Maylene Maldonado , against the Chicopee police officer , Daniel Major . Major has resigned from the department , WCVB reported . The footage shows him and two other officers restraining Maldonado , who was arrested for allegedly slapping a police officer after she admitted to drinking and smoking PCP , Mlive reported . In the video , the then-24-year-old repeatedly tells the officers that her lip ring is giving her pain and asks them to help her remove it . Arrest : Maylene Maldonado can be seen screaming as she is taken into custody in February 2013 . Attack : One of the officers , Sergeant Daniel Major , then abruptly grabs her neck and holds on . But as she continues to scream , Major suddenly grabs her around the neck and continues to hold on as his fellow officers do nothing . Then they all pull the woman to the ground . While on the floor , Major shouts : 'Shut the f*** up ! ' Maldonado was charged with resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer . In her lawsuit , which also names the other officers , Maldonado has accused the officers of assault and battery and civil rights violations , and accuses the city of failing to properly train its officers . She also claims she never received medical treatment for the injuries she allegedly sustained . Maldonado , from Springfield , was arrested after her friend 's car got stuck in a snowbank in Chicopee and officers , who were called to the area following reports about a man with a knife , saw her running to a nearby gas station and went to check on her . She admitted to drinking and smoking the hallucinogenic drug PCP and then got into an altercation with police officers when they tried to see her license . Holding on : She struggles as Major holds on to her neck - while the other officers stand back and do nothing . 'Attack ' : The officers then push Maldonado to the ground , where Major says : 'Shut the f*** up ' She slapped an officer across the face and apologized , according to the criminal complaint , but was arrested and taken to the police station where the alleged assault unfolded . The case has also caused divisions within the department . Thomas Charette , the acting chief at the time of the 2013 incident , defended Major 's actions as appropriate because Maldonado was high on PCP and allegedly spat blood during her arrest . 'Sergeant Major made several attempts to speak softly and calmly with Ms. Maldonado in order to calm her and complete the booking process , ' Charette said , according to WHDH . 'However , she was either unwilling or unable to understand simple instructions and kept insisting that Sergeant Major repeat himself . ' An internal police review determined he had 'acted admirably ' , Mlive reported , and a clerk-magistrate 's hearing agreed . A district court judge reviewed the recording and he was charged with assault and battery in November 2013 . Major , in court in November 2013 , was charged with assault but an internal review found he did nothing wrong , which the current police chief has disputed . Major has since retired but now faces a lawsuit from the woman . But because internal affairs investigation found no wrongdoing , former Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonette told ABC40 that his hands were tied . Despite his predecessor 's ruling , the current chief , William Jebb , has said Major did not act appropriately and handed the video over to City Hall officials , Mlive.com reported . 'We want to make it clear , it 's a different administration , ' Chicopee Police Officer Mike Wilk told ABC . 'Two officers have retired and a lot of people have asked about releasing it . Chief Jebb and ( Mayor ) Kos want it to be transparent department . That 's why we released it today . ' Charette ultimately retired in July 2014 after Jebb beat him to secure the job of police chief . Mayor Richard Kos ' office said : 'The city takes these allegations very seriously and the Chicopee Law Department will file a timely answer to this lawsuit once served . '
Maylene Maldonado was arrested in Chicopee , Massachusetts in February 2013 after slapping a police officer and admitting to taking drugs . As she was being booked , she screamed at officers that she was in pain and Two suddenly grabbed her by the throat and pushed her to the floor . The other officers stood back and did nothing . Officer Daniel Major was accused of assault but an internal investigation found he did nothing wrong - which the new police chief disputes . Maldonado has now filed a $ 1m lawsuit against Major , other officers and the city and police shared the never-before-released video this week .