An Arkansas state trooper who slammed an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face during a traffic stop is now facing public outcry and calls for an investigation over his use of force.

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“I don’t give a f—k. Turn around,” Arellano told Hackett, who was now on her back. Then a few seconds later he punched her in the right jaw.

“You can’t punch me in my face!” Hackett complained.

“Said who?” Arellano replied, adding that he was allowed to punch her for resisting, and warning he would do it again if she didn’t turn around.

“I literally did everything you told me to do,” Hackett said, crying.

Arellano’s report said that after giving Hackett multiple commands to roll over without compliance, he “delivered one closed-fist strike to the left side of her face to gain compliance.”

He also said he drew his taser and pointed the laser at her belt line but didn’t fire it. When Hackett saw the laser, she rolled over and placed her hands behind her back, the report said.

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