big way heading towards the weekend. we're in the comnity with a new effort. and fist at 4, a heated confrontion caught on camera between a man and police officer in the district. this played outside an apartment complex in the anacostia neighborhood. cell phone captured the moment when things turned physical. >> back up!ck up! >> now, all of this ended with more than one arst, and this afternoon, we're hearing a defense for the officer in this video. news4 pat collins live at superior court. he has the latest details. pat. et reporter: aleon,n ugly confrontation ben some citizens and cops. caught on cell pne cameras. cell phone video of a cop

slapping a phone occupant of a man' hand and then pushing him away. >> back up! back up! >> reporter: it happened yesterda in the parking lot of the galen apartments on s wtreet southeast. before it was over, four people arrested and charged with assault on a police officer. people who wereer he say the cops werearassing them. they say it's a common occurrence. hear now from a man who calls himself jay. >> they're locking people up for recording. this is a free world. we can recordith any phone we want to. it's got to stop. it's an everyd w. >> reportet touched it all off yesterday? >> the cops they touched it off by comingp aggressive. >> reporter: steve bigelow is the chairman of the fraternal order of polhee in d.c. says the cops were in t area yesterday investigating complaints about criminal

activity. he said police had a rig to be there and some of the people there were impeding the investigation. >> the issue that we have is officer safety. you have the r right toord officers. you have the right to say whatever you want to say but there's a line you cross when you walk within an inch of the officer's face and put your finger in his face and walk behind officers that are armed and come witn an inch of them doing an investigation. >> reporter: we don't have start to finish video of the entire incident. ccording to documents, the crowd was unrulely and hostile the to officers. >> reporter: the police officer charges were reduced to simple assault charges. the four people picked up, they were released pending further court actio in the case. leon. back to you. >> good deal. thank you, pat. now, an update on a local police officer caught on camera

using the "n" word. county leaders are demanding all the coverage. by now you probably saw the video. four stepped and during the video the female officer uses that word and a letter was seni callg for release of footage from every responding officer's body cam as well as any 911 lls. >> this is a public thing. it happened publicly, happenedt these young men. everyone kws about it. let'sk talout it in the open andoigure out where t go from er th >> reporter: why county leaders are concerned why the men were stopped and why residents should also be worried. to breaking news in new york city. a pilot has been rescued after aashing a helicopter short of landing pad and ending up in the hudson video. the latest vid from our partners in nbc in new york, a passing water ferry rushed to

the pilot after witnessing this chopper go into the wer on west 30th. they wereble to pull the pilot and passenger on board. e're still working to find out exactly how this happened. now, new details on car that crashed and flipped into the c & o canal. the driver may have been drunk at the time. this happened near great falls tavern. mettics loaded two peopl on stretchersn the scene. the were two in bad shape. they were driving alo a tow pafrt where they were not allowed to drive. a truck parked alongside this area. at the top of,he screen you see the truck quickly coming down the hill, doesn't stop and

goes right through the fence and slams into several parked cars. this crash happened saturday. the owner of one of the damaged videos sent us this video. 're told six cars were damaged and two totaled. >> that could have been worse than that. fairfax police looking for a missing teen they say may be in danger at this hour. 16-year-old cruz vanished last month last seen walking in lan conia. the family says they suspect gang violence may have something to do with his disappearance. hundreds of volunteers in morgan county, west virginia, have banded together to search for a missing teen. >> her name is ricely crossman, missing for a week now. erika gonzalez spoke with her

yather. >> they're reall desperate. they feel like pain pal, any tip that comes in they go chasing after it. at least couple hundred people have shown up to canvass the areang searchi for clues where riley crossman may have been. she hasn'teen seen in a week. the mom walked into her room last week but she wasn'there and thought she had already gone off to school. we know riley called her boyfriend the same morning with no answer. after that, there was radio silence, no phone calls or text messages or postings o her social media accounts. her parents believe their daughter was abducted and say she would haveever runway. if you have information on her whereabouts, you'reed ask to call the live desk. i'm erika gonzalez.

>> thank you. developing athis hour, the u.s. coast guard has ordered als non-ntial personnel to leave immediately iraq as tensionsscate. and they have credible intelligence that they plan to attack american interest is in the middle east. despite those warnings today there's skepticism from the ally is in europ e most responsible attitude to take is we believehe tre should be maximumnt restrai avoiding any escalation on a military site. >> the german foreign ministry saying there ment is no sign of increased threat. there were clearly concerns in the u.s. this month. they sent battle carrier this week that was sent there to confront iran. an anti-abortion bill passed in alaba last night is sending

shock waves across the country. if the governor signs the bill, abortions will become illegal unless the mother's life is at risk. the american civilibties union has already announced it will challenge the law in court. for abortion oppones, that's the plan. nbc's jay gray reports. >> house bill 314 passes. > reporter: overnight, a message from alabama state lawmakers to c the supremert. >> is the baby in a womb a person? e believe technologynd >> reporter: alabama's legislature passing the most restricte bill in the nation, make the procedure at any phase during a pregnancy a felony, with providers facing up to 99 years in prison. the only exception, when a pregnancy represents a serious health risk to the mother. >> i'm appalled. think it's a setback for the women of alabama, not only the women but the whole united states. i >> reportes now. to the governor to decide if it

becomes law. >> it's an issue very difficult and people have to address that. when i get the bill i will review it thoroughly. >> reporter: the bill's sponsor readily admits the goal is to get the highest court to review the 1973 roe v. wade decision giving women a right toch oose. >> reporter: with two new conservative justices appointed by president trump, 29 states have now introduced new restricte abortion measures. last week, georgia joining three other states outlawing abortion the first sign of a fetal het beat. jay gray, nbc news. >> with abortion rights now at ri in alabama, we're taking a look lawsuits in our area. virginia is the most restrictive wh it comes to the laws for limited abortion access. the state also requires awa ing period. in maryland, women do have protected access to abortion. only fully licensed decrease may perform them and the law also

requires one parent or guardian be notified before a minor has an abortio d.c., meanwhile has some of the least restrictive laws, not requiring a licensed physician and don't have to be performed in a hospital. new at 4, a newly elected representative says people are harassing him because he's a muslim. take a lis onto a recent town hall in herndon. >> to accommodate the introduction of shariao law int the commonwealth? >> dr. samira calls that question about sharia law a targeted and layered attempt at discrimination. he's a democra that represents parts of loudoun and fairfax counties and elected in a special election ts year. news4 spoke to the doctor at 5.

we have news tonight -- upbeat news in the fight against cancer. the local woman behind a christmas cult classic shares and update with news4. >> if i didn't have humor, i don't know what i would do. >> how our community is step towpg help her i a really big way. plus, the key to a good niayt's sleep m be in your genes. we'll explain. >> i need those genes because nobody is sleeping lately. we might be thee next cou of days. 74 degrees and we're about to turn on the ac. tomorrow, on "news4 today," a local family gives upey the le thnew and love for the sake of a son with autism. >> they haveon found cdence and built a community for their son tackling the issue for those

with developmental disities.

ug is tracking a big time warm-up here. tomorrow, team 4 takes overats park. doug will reveal the summer forecast on news4 at 4. will we see more storms? unusual heat? we hope youn can joi us to see

what's coming our way. this is an issue that gets people hot uer the collar. and nbc exclusive in the battle against the ongoing robocalls. warners and scammers taking it to a whole new level now but there could be relief coming soon. >> susan hogan is here to explain how the relief will happen. >> this is so annoying to everybody. we all can relate to it. there are 163 million robocalls evergle day in america. that number is only going up as they're getting more sophisticated. to fight them, the fcc has been pushin phone service providers to authenticate how they authenticate callerfi identication. now, they're going a step

further. today, the agency announced propose agnew regulatory rule to automatically opt in the blocking technology. you have to sign up. if the new rules are approved, carriers would detect, nalyze and block those calls before they reach yourhone. >> allowing these phone companies to block robocalls by default we think will stem the tide overwhelming consumers and led too many to stop answering their phones all together. >> reporter: the phone companies could send the call straiet voicail or send you a text or block them all together. there's really no silver bullet c stop all robocalls but if approved customersould notice fer calls by early december. efirst, make sur your phone

number is on the do not call registry and do sign up with the phone company or app to get those unwanted calls blocked as well. >> it's crazy you have to convince someone you don't want callsm someone you don't want to hearm. fro >> it's crazy, getting out of hand. this is a huge step. i'm fine with that. >> you, susan. uberol isling out a new feature for its luxury car service that discourages chatty drivers. >> they will have a quiet car mode you can request through the app to let the driver know if you're not in the mood to talk. the setting is onlyed offer for premium ride, uber black or suv trips but not x.u can request help with your luggage or temperature control or extra time. >> all about options. >> i bring my ownin curta in the

car between me and the driver. that way they know, that's my -- >> you don't wt to seem unfriendly. >> i do it after. say, hi, how are you and i put the curtain. >> i take earbuds. you would think if you put in your earbuds you don't want to talk. >> but the you get drivers that love to talk, they're the best. the others, i have to get to this text and will get to you in a second. >> some folks will pay you for a little more heat? >> you pay me for heat? >> tt's ah. i think we have 90s availrile for memo day weekend. temperatures in the 70s. ishness, a few clouds. doesn't get better. 74. 9 miles an hour. 76 last hour. current temperatures around the

rest of area. upper 66, winchester,ma insburg. around average for the day. nats park, heading there for the game taking on the mets at 7:05, we need a win. the weather is spectacular for the game. 74 nights and comfortable. fair about 8:00 and dropping to 65 degrees by the time the game is over. we will be out at nats park tomorrow as we take on mets for the 1:05ame. we will be right there at the centerfield. >> we're giving away baublehe s. seven to give away. 25,000 trai turner bauble heads and we have 7 of me. i don't know how many more.

storm system still spinning towards the northeast. watch what happens. we have cooler air. a lot cooler here. there's the warm air. cooler air finally beginning to make its way to the east and warmer air making its way in here. how much warmer? 77 degrees. 84 onriday. 85, saturday. 89 on sunday. so some really big-time warmth coming in. i have the first 90s in the 10-day forecast and leads no my mmer forecast, tomorrow afternoon. coming up at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. and howur about hcane season. 4:45. >> thks,oug. we've heard it. like a broken record. you need to get enough sleep in order to be healthy. >> that's right. dr. weiner with the science behind the lucky few who only

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we've all heard it before. getting enough sleep is one of eae besthings you can do for yourh. >> most of us need 8 or nine hours of sleep a night. but mr. of you are fine with four orb five hours your entire lives. the secret is said to be a special gene. >> the reasonha this ppens, this is what they think.th e's this one gene mutation, called gec 2s that con your body clock. those people's quality of sleep is bitter than us motorsport tall people. they can get the quality of sleep in four or five hours that might take others eight or nine hours a night. they'reio functning fine. >> they're not sleep almost as if they just had an amazing rest?

>> exactly. >> for the rest of us, talk about how important is sleep? >> it isti crical. involves mental clarity, mood. you cannotoverestimate the importance. there are those who say, i do think i can do with sixours of sleep. >> and there are some who took eight hou sleepers and for ones id you can only sleep six hour a night and did cognitive sleep deivation, and they said they're fine but when they tested them they functioned much less fine. i and was as if a person stayed awake 24 straight hours. >> wow. >> i think weave a lot of people in this population priding themsves,

overachievers, i don't need to get as much sleep, they think hey're doing better than they actually are. >> interesting. >> do you have gene? >> no. i'm good for six or seven. six to seven isor good f me. you? >> eight hour sleeper all my life. oh, yeah. not even a piece of that gene. maybe eight. that.daughter is like we used to put a mirror under her nose to see if it fogged up afterht or nine hours. >> that's good sleeping. coming up, let's talk about toysti they're get more and more high-tech. >> and making it's easier for cyber criminals to targe your kids. and the aviation giants

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beginning > i'm erika gonzalez. with breaking news. prince orge's county police are investigating the death of a woman found in a creek in theal

riverd area. we have a team headed in that direction now and chopper 4 headed that way as well. we're told the body was found in a creek decomposing and appeared to have been there for some time. the cause of death and id not known yet. prince george's county saying they found it in riverdale. stay tuned and we have some marie stone headed there. >> thank you. boeing's 737 yet should soon be returning to t ses according to the acting head of the fcc over the safety of the fleet. >> raise your hand if you have a pilot's license in this room. >> reporter: members of theus

aviation subcommittee pressing the faa for answe after the boeing max 737 airliner widely used in the u.s. crashed over the past seven months. the focus of the crash investigations. >>why, until the plane went down, the first plane, lion air, it wasn't even in the manual this automotive system existed. >> reporter: a d after airing this recording of a meeting between american airlines pilots and boeingk which too place less than a month after the first crash. nbc news has not verified the recording. >> we're the last line of defense to being in that smoking hole. and we need the knowledge. >> reporter: the airlines that flies the 737 max cancelled its flights throughout most of the summer, the faa could soon start testing and return the plane to

the skies. >> boeing wil submit their application to the update of the software. the fourth and finalss subn we expect, i don't know, early the next week or so? >> reporter: when that happens, the next unknow will airline crews and flying public feel confident the 737 max is safe? nbc news, from the air to the ground now, this week we toss to recognize t men and women in blue who protectur communities and honor those killed in the line of duty last year. the national peace officers memorial observance. president trump saying they don't put on the uniform for praise or glory but because it's their duty and calling. poli week is today's talk

town. wrksz rksz -- tay thomas is here. ou opened up the lines to talk to those who lost loved ones in uniform. >> pat, it's around the gamut. they really wanted to talk about their love for their fallen hero. stories of bravery and h proud they were. they want the public to know the inlies of these officers give up thgs, too. they mak sacrifices being concerned about the loved ones serving and protecting. two of our listeners, crystal and brenda. >> my husband is in law enforcement. i have several family members. we have a very positive attitude about the law enforcement and wish them well during law enforcement week. this is a tough world we live in and we support them 100%.

>> everyday they put their lives on the line and we need to remember that. >> good point. too often when stories about officers hit the national spotlight it's not a good story. one of the things you're hearing is they shouldn't all be paint with the same brush. >>el absolut our listeners don't tnk every n and women blue are bad. they say it's up a to society to weedut those bad apples so we don't have those type of stories. one of our listeners weighed in on this. >> i know there's a lot of bad press about a lot of police officers and duly so. there's some greatfficers out there and i hate the fact they're lumped in with the oificers not their job correctly. i want to immediately salute the ones doing their job. we still have faith in you. >> the ones doing their job

deserve the praise. >> absolutely. they put their lives on the line every day with no concern for their own. >> thank you. leon. a song, "christmas eve in washington" became a cult classic. we shared the start of a start with canr. we caught up with her. >> reporter: it's been about a year and a half since we troduced you to maura sullivan, when she embarked in her battle against cancer.du ring that time it had seen some successes and more recently setbacks. she started treatments here again at the cancer institute, schar, at fairfax hospital. she brought her joy to a very difficult process. hope. nothing but yeah. i feel great. you run into little speed bumps

through life. everybody does. >> reporter: tonig we'll bring you an update on her condition and share how the community is rallying around her with an incredible amount of support. news at 6. david culver, news4. ha t you, david. we are in the community with the unie way to feed locales familin need. how your toll dollars are helping wit that effort. plus, american families are setting a new record. cdc says this isn't necessarily a good one. >> who is ready for warm air. it will be hot next week and heat making its way our way in just a minute. this is not a bed.

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if you are just joining us at40 4:, four people are facing chge after a heated confrontation with d.c. police. cell phone capturing a officer smacking a cell phone out of a man's hand and pushing him backwards. this happened residents say the officers have been harassing a group of people in the parking lot.ay police s the officers had been caed there for complaints of criminal activity and accused the group of t impedingt investigation. another supreme court showdown onppbortion aears to be looming inor the hon.

a bill that all but outlaws abortion in alabama is headed for the governor's death. if she signs it it's all but if the mother's life is in danger. a swift county rescue team rescued two men from the c & o canal this morning. the car crashed causing it to flip upside down. they believe the driver was drunk. the driver is okay but the passenger in pretty bad shape. ow path ve along the where cars are not supposed to be. a helicopter crash in new york city where it crashed short of landing pad and crashed in the hudson river. the pilot was rescued and the pilot was injured and employee at the heliport as well, still working to find out how thised

happen a quick update of four things to know. back to you. >> news4 is working y with in the community with a program to put your toll money to good use. the annual drive for charity will benefit sevenha cties this year, among them, loudoun hunger relief, big plans to use that for a food pantry on wheels. >> reporter: the loudounr hun relief will take groceri where the people are. a lot of families and people we serve are working families working multiple jobs. it's very challenging to get some place. >> the mobile food pantries are expected to start operating this fall. storm team 4 is tracking a big upda this week. how hot things will get when he sees the next chance for storms. susan han is back and the

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camera complex it feels great outside right now. get ready for a big-time warm-up. doug is back here in three minutes with a look how hot we will get here. meanwhile, consumer alert about connected toys. hackerse continu to work their way into these toys posing a risk to your child's identity. >> whaevery parent needs to know about theis safety r out there. >> reporter: just recently, regulators in europe recalled an childr smart watch because it posed a serious risk of being hacked. and what happened to millis of kids playing with v-tech connected toys a major wake-up

for pare >> reporter: worrying about privacy risks poised for toys. >> my 5-year-old knows how to whereher name, last name, she lives and all this stuff. >> reporter: while digital can beun and educational, privacynd not fou as in old-fashioned board games. >> they're connected to the router that goes to the internet. they have the abilityct to colle information and send it back and forth. >> reporter: they also have the ability to be hacked. coumer report offers perspective. >> information can't be stolen if you don't handt over in the first place. >> reporter: what to do toee k the data safe? first, lie. >> toys will ask for their name or address or age. remember, hackers can use this information. there's nothing wrong with

giving a fake birthday or usi a child's nickname instead of their real name. >> rhoorter: parentsd also set strong passwords of connected toys a string of randomords.ng usi there's a good reason why this is so important. >> these items can be used a gateway into your computer network to make sure everything is locked down. >> reporter: there is always another option completely risk-free. >> i'm afraid to go to old-fashioned games, books, puzzles. >> reporter: so if your kids enjoy using these connected toys, this might be a good time to start the conversation witth what to share online and not to share and keep thingspr ate. back to you. >> didn't have that problem when we were just giving them rubix cubes. >> my kids play checkers. checkers? >> that's it. >> marbles? >> those are some quality games. i love that

>> no provides issues there. >> that's true. see what we're doing for you out ther >> we'll show you what we're doing as far as temperatures, thing up the next couple of days. is what happens in this area. cool cool cool and, boom, sky that will happen this weekend. it is simply gorgeous. we have cloud cover, mix of mid-level,ing l clouds, 74 degro the 70s and 60s by 11:00. a lot ofice in this forecast. 70 degrees in reston. 73 degrees in gaithersburg. and nothing on the radar currently. we won't see anything big. the big deal is the temperatures. we've been on the cool side three days in a row.

we were above average a second day. we have been on the coo side for sure. the warm side to the south and it will move ouray in a big way. yesterday, i had the head to our south, this boundary, jet stream around us. the cool air will be sliding back and forth just liker this. fonow, it looks like the warmer air wins this battle in a big way as we make our w the next couple of days. 56 degrees at the bus stop -- i almost said atir the art. you have a flight out, great. 77 degrees by the time we're picking up this kids. there's the theme again, nice, nice.nd a lot of niceness coming up. 84 on friday. 89 on sunday. 37% chance of afternoon thundershowers. could be some friday. how about tomorrow.

weather day at nats park. we will be there at nats park. we're talking to 3, 4,00 kids talking about weather. all of storm team 4 will be there to talk about wther. we're sticking around part of the game here, out around the center field gate giving away great things from storm team 4. cohe out and c us out there. i'm throwing out the first pitch. come to the game. come early. what about the bauble heads? i'm throwing those out. 77 at 4:00. see our nice, nice and nice? that trend continues. re comes the heat. i have one nice but a lot more in the way of warm temperatures. look ator meml day. next friday starts memorial day weekend. guess where i'm going to be? ocean city, maryland, my friend. that is the official kickoff to

summer, t first backyard weather to friday, the perfect time to go. you love it. 82 on the ocean, perfect. >> made-to-order. >> absolutely. good stuff. it's nice. >> thank you, doug. >> thanks for rubbing it in. >> this is not nice. >> this is wild, the wild ride in oklahoma city. two window washers up 50 stories high when part of the device came loose. >> oh, gosh. >> the winds sent them blowing around and twisting and turning in mid-air. you can see them swinging out of corolver the skyscraper, 144 feet up in the air. >> you can see what it did to the right side ofhe t building, smashing there several times wbefore crewse able to get to the basket. >> thankfully nobody was hurt. >> i used to not be scared of

heights. i had kids and once you have kids, you're scared of everything for them. this freaked me out >>hat's pretty dangerous. glad they're okay. >> i would not be doing that job the next day. w thatld be it. >> not without a little parachute pack. >> it looked like he wased up. >> not on rooftop bars without a parachute. >> doesn't it sound l hed it to hanley? >> great idea. >> hand it to hanley for that. >> i turned that idea down a long time ago. >> what do you haveoming up? >> a lot. >> we can wait to find out. >> allergy season. doug has been showing us, h he it hit him. getting a lot worse this season. a lot of tngs toelp you ease that pain at 5:00.

what you eat for dinner, what you put onou your plate c have an impact on your allergies. the food could make your allergies worse. >> i will turn in my suit and tie for something b a more casual. i will find out what it felt like to be one of those racing idprtsenes at hesay, t it is a than it looks. that camera throwing out a pitch, that ain't nothing on this. is is hard work. >> i want to see that. tell me how many times he falls. we know he a has big head here. what about when he's out there. >> that's cold. >> all right. >> see you guys in just a bit. >> we'll be right back. stronger is rebuilding a newborn's hear..

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news4 working for your heart health. a supplement for arthritis pain could lower your risk of cardiovascularleisease. peopho took the supplement glucosamine did better than those who did notake it. more research is still needed. >> for the fourth year in a row ththe birte continues to decline. >> it has reached a 30 year low according to the national

statistics for health. sarah explains why. >> reporter: across the u.s., women are having fewer babies, a finding for a new report from the finding for health statistics and reveals in 2018 there were just over 3.7 million births, a 32 year low. >> i think what we're seeing is ther is a trend towards delayed child bearing. >> reporter: birth rates declined among all age groups with the biggest drops among teens. s, the rates are up. 400s or rly like dr.ho jeff c pa cite a number of reasons. >> we have more women with workplace.the education and getting established in their jobs has become a priority and they've until having childre later. >> reporter: for the fourth year in a row, the nber of pre-term births is up, possibly tied to higher risk pregnancies among

older mothers. >> rates of pregnancy complication, hypertension, gestational diabetes and other complications that might pre-dispose preabture bs have increased and may be why we're seeing the higher rate. regime some say the trend is just that a trend and may slow down or everseitself as women who delayed starting families begin to have those babies they've wean planning for. nbc news. they've been planning for. hi, everybody. first at 5 tonight. we want to begin with this cell phone video of a heated confrontation of a man and a officer.ce >> the man swats the phone out of the man's hand before he b pushes himk and we hear from the police union defending that offir and four people facing charges in connection with this dispute.

>> pat cool lillins is live at superior court with us. >> reporter: how close is too close. take a look at this cop's reaction to a man with aph cell e camera. >> let me -- >> reporter: cell phone video of a cop slapping a phone out of a man's hand, then pushing him away. >> back up. back up! >> reporter: it happened yesterday in this parking lot of the galen arm at w street southeast. befo it was over, four people arrested in this ugly confrontation. shayla waters was here when it was going on. did you see any police officers hit anybody? >> yes. i have a video. >> reporter: what did they do? >> they slammed him on the ground and put their knees on his back and actually hit himhin s face. >> reporter: steve bigelow is the chairman of the fraternal

order of police in washington. he says the cops were in the yesterday investigating complaints about criminal activity. he says the police had a right to b there that some people there were impeding that investigation. >> do you think the police officer was justified knocking the cell phone out of the man's hand and then pushing him >> again, we're going to wait until the investigation comes through but theal initi -- based off initially what i saw, he gave him several commands to back upnd he refused to back up. i think that's where it's squallated. >> reporter: we don't have start to finish video of t whole incident. according to court documents, the crowd was unruly and hostile to the officers. the court documents say that someone intentionally bumped an officer, made like he was going to swing at the officer, another person shoved an officer and woman slapped an officer on