a Michgan woman with special needs was thrown to the ground, handcuffed and interrogated inside Walmart after being falsely accused of shoplifting.
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Jodi Kozma, 25, is known as an extremely friendly and trusting person say friends and acquaintances.
A birth defect left her with a mental impairment and a low IQ. That’s why Jodi’s parents, Wendy and John Kozma, always make sure a family member is with her; if she were ever separated from them, they taught her to find a police officer for help.
But what happened to Jodi has left her terrified of police.
“I was disgusted. I knew that would affect her for the rest of her life,” Wendy Kozma told our Scripps sister station 7 Action News Investigator Heather Catallo. source
Jodi’s nightmare all started with a shopping trip with her grandmother and her cousin inside a Walmart in Michigan. It ended with Jodi being thrown to the ground, handcuffed, and in tears.
Walmart store security cameras were watching Jodi’s every move on a Friday in August of 2012 when she was incorrectly identified as a shoplifter.