{"id":26805,"date":"2025-09-01T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?p=26805"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:18:44","slug":"i-was-startled-tiffanie-williams-speaks-out-over-michael-conner-eaton-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/i-was-startled-tiffanie-williams-speaks-out-over-michael-conner-eaton-police-department\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Was Startled:&#8217; Tiffanie Williams Speaks Out Over Michael Conner, Eaton Police Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26805\" class=\"elementor elementor-26805\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1048f80 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1048f80\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8fb5f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c8fb5f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-235e56f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"235e56f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 style=\"font-style: normal\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px;font-weight: 400\">'I Was Startled:' Tiffanie Williams Speaks Out Over Michael Conner, Eaton Police Department\n<\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2);font-size: 2.625rem;font-style: inherit\"><\/span><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7073f23 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7073f23\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-554b720 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"554b720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><u>9.1.2025 \/ News \/ vivianbostick.com<\/u><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374bec4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"374bec4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef2479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ef2479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9155-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9155-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9155-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9155-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9155-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_9155-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26eba37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26eba37\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f2e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8f2e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><i>This story was originally published by Vivian Bostick for <span style=\"color: #339966;\">VBN<\/span>. Republished and edited with permission.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><i><u>This story contains sensitive material<\/u>. Reader discretion is advised. All information is based on, and attributed to, records, body camera footage, and interviews obtained and reviewed by VBN. All relevant parties have been reached for comment. The story is presented in the public interest.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c86a82 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c86a82\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a992ae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a992ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">MUNCIE, Ind. \u2014 &#8220;If I would have stayed in Indiana, I would have been murdered,&#8221; Tiffanie Williams told VBN.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said her experience with the Eaton Police Department (EPD), which costed her at least half a million dollars and led her to seek political asylum in Mexico, began when her stepdaughter, Jayda, asked her for cigarette money.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;And I was like, &#8216;I\u2019m not supporting your mom&#8217;s habit,'&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;My money was paying for Jayda\u2019s apartment. I looked at her as one of my children, not my stepchild. So I was like, &#8216;We\u2019re not helping you support your mom\u2019s habit.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said Jayda&#8217;s mother, Brittany, cursed at her. She called the exchange &#8220;childish and juvenile.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">After returning to Indiana, Tiffanie&#8217;s husband, Lanzell, got a phone call from Jayda that the sheriff had stopped by their apartment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b1e3dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b1e3dd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b552c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99b552c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Incident<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4600ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4600ff\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2110ee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2110ee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">On July 17, 2020, EPD officers arrived at Jayda&#8217;s apartment. Body camera footage shows Brittany and Jayda telling police that Tiffanie had violated a protective order.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">VBN has not found an active protective order from Brittany or Jayda, aside from this record, issued the same day, indicating that a document was left at Tiffanie&#8217;s door at 3:10 p.m. The document itself was not mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f7ad1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9f7ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-862905f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"862905f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-1.31.27\u202fAM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26981\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-1.31.27\u202fAM.jpg 582w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-1.31.27\u202fAM-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe4725 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8fe4725\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e34843e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e34843e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;Third attempt. No answer. Left on door,&#8221; the record reads.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie said she wasn&#8217;t served a protective order at all.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1996f48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1996f48\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbc44ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bbc44ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d09e016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d09e016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;If [EPD] would&#8217;ve just called and done their correct job, it was very proven,&#8221; Tiffanie stated. &#8220;I was never served a protective order. I had no active protective order, and they were in my home for cursing out a non-protected person.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Another record, issued on August 31, shows a protective order petitioned by Brittany was denied.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;Petitioner has not stated a legal basis for a harassment claim under Indiana statute,&#8221; the record read.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Body camera footage shows that, after opening the door for a second, Tiffanie shut it.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d69d9cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d69d9cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/02-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-1.35.21\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/02-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-1.35.21\u202fAM.png 640w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/02-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-1.35.21\u202fAM-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd0478 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fd0478\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c0516 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30c0516\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said she was expecting her daughter, Savannah, who had forgotten her key.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;I was started,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;I opened the door, and I&#8217;m expecting Savannah. It wasn&#8217;t. It was men.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie said the EPD officers were not in uniform.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;Some had cargos and a t-shirt,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;None of them was in uniform across the board for the standards and what was expected.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie said she was locking the door when body camera footage shows Jonathan pushing against it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;It was [EPD officers Jonathan] Snodgrass, [Andrew] Storie, [Michael] Conner, and [Chase] Kneeper,&#8221; Tiffanie recalled.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d020164 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d020164\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45921f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45921f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assault<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6066447 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6066447\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936f248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"936f248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">According to a medical record from a hospital in Anderson, Tiffanie was assaulted. The record also showed she suffered a scaphoid fracture and multiple contusions (bruises).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccba8f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ccba8f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03-Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-7.01.29\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26983\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03-Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-7.01.29\u202fPM.png 640w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/03-Screenshot-2025-08-22-at-7.01.29\u202fPM-300x86.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2bb7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d2bb7f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea11dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea11dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">VBN obtained photos showing her arms, legs, and breasts bruised.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie is battling brain cancer for a second time, and doesn&#8217;t have a portion of her skull on the right side of her head.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7859599 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7859599\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-421f2df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"421f2df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;One of their hits, kicks, or whatever could have killed me that day,&#8221; Tiffanie said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Held to the ground, Tiffanie called for her husband, Lanzell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Lanzell confronted the officers with a firearm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;He comes out of our bedroom holding a .45,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;And is like, &#8216;Get your hands off my effin&#8217; wife, you don&#8217;t got rights to be in here.&#8217; I&#8217;m instantly yelling, &#8216;You&#8217;re violating my rights.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">While Tiffanie was held to the ground by officers, Andrew&#8217;s body camera footage obtained by VBN shows him approaching Lanzell after he said he&#8217;d kick them in the face and told them to get out of the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;Step back,&#8221; Andrew said while walking towards Lanzell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m on the phone with Delaware [County],&#8221; Lanzell said. &#8220;You&#8217;re in my house! This is my [expletive] house!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Andrew continued to tell Lanzell to step back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;You&#8217;re walking towards me,&#8221; Lanzell said. [Michael&#8217;s] putting his hands on my wife!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;She&#8217;s going to jail!&#8221; Andrew yelled. &#8220;Stand back, or you&#8217;re going to jail!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">While Tiffanie was held to the ground, body camera footage from Jonathan shows Michael grabbing her neck and right arm.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9597617 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9597617\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b86b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72b86b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Body camera footage from Andrew shows Michael&#8217;s foot positioned directly in between her legs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;He&#8217;s got his foot on my vagina!&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;He just kicked me in my vagina.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;My camera&#8217;s on,&#8221; Andrew said. &#8220;My camera&#8217;s facing it!&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;[Michael] just kicked me in my vagina,&#8221; Tiffanie said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;Get up,&#8221; Andrew responded.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said Michael kicked her in the genital area seven times.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;To me , that&#8217;s sexual assault,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t care how you go about it, it&#8217;s not appropriate.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Paul Helmke, an IU law professor who reviewed body camera footage of Tiffanie&#8217;s arrest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/tiffanie-williams-lanzell-williams-eaton-flee-indiana-claiming-police-abuse\/5310268001\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=false&amp;gca-epti=undefined&amp;gca-ft=0&amp;gca-ds=sophi\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">told IndyStar in 2022<\/span><\/a> that EPD violated her fourth amendment rights.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about a dispute with neighbors,&#8221; Paul told IndyStar. &#8220;That&#8217;s the sort of thing that you go to civil court on or you try to get an arrest warrant for assault.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/tiffanie-williams-lanzell-williams-eaton-flee-indiana-claiming-police-abuse\/5310268001\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=false&amp;gca-epti=undefined&amp;gca-ft=0&amp;gca-ds=sophi\">IndyStar reportedly<\/a><\/span> spoke with EPD Chief Jay Turner, who &#8220;rolled his eyes&#8221; and &#8220;declined to comment on the record.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc24666 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc24666\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b25553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b25553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hospital<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7444f8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7444f8b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc9c489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc9c489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie had a seizure and was transported to Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;Ball Hospital officers are also Eaton officers because they&#8217;re reservists,&#8221; Tiffanie shared. &#8220;So, they actually are the only ones who control and operate the police department at IU Health, at Ball Hospital.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba46ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ba46ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bbad16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bbad16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Tiffanie also said that the officer on duty at Ball, Skyler Brand, called another officer, Chase Snepper, who lived next door to Jayda.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;Do you not believe the Eaton officer would have exited his home and been like, what&#8217;s going on? Because he was home? And he was the next-door neighbor?&#8221; Tiffanie asked. &#8220;Absolutely. That tells you then that that&#8217;s not how it happened because he was an officer of two different municipalities. He would have came out and addressed the issue, or called 911 himself. That didn&#8217;t happen because what they allege in the police report is not truth and factual.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">While in the ER, Tiffanie said Skyler was &#8220;dancing outside [her] room, making, racist comments to [her].&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;I heard him state he was gonna cut the hard r&#8230; like, he used the n-word, hard r, [expletive] out of my hair because I had weave and box braids in my hair at the time,&#8221; Tiffanie shared.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;No matter how you go, it&#8217;s racist,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;And I was like, &#8216;Oh, you&#8217;re a [expletive] racist?&#8217; He starts dancing out of my room, like he&#8217;s doing the hokey-pokey, and he&#8217;s like, &#8216;Yeah, I&#8217;m racist! What are you gonna do about it?'&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Tiffanie was then moved for a computed tomography (CT) scan, where she said Skyler called her the n-word again, that she &#8220;was a lover of them, that [she] didn&#8217;t deserve anything, [she] was worthless.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;And so, I come out of CT, and I am irate,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;Very, very [expletive].&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;From the time I went in on [Michael] Conner&#8217;s cam to when his camera reactivates, you can tell that, like something happened to me in the CT room,&#8221; Tiffanie said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said she believes three officers and five or six medical professionals were in the CT room, but she has not been given access to hospital surveillance video.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;What happened to me in CT truly happened, but they deleted and edited the body cam footage,&#8221; Tiffanie said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd80530 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd80530\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d741038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d741038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Body camera footage shows while a doctor came down the hall, Tiffanie had another seizure. As a doctor came down the hall, he told Tiffanie that he wanted to tie her to the bed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;And I lose my [expletive],&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;You are not restraining me in this hospital to this bed with these men here.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not safe in here with these guys,&#8221; Tiffanie said on body camera. &#8220;I told you that. That was my concern.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want you to get injured,&#8221; the nurse said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said the nurse grabbed her head where she has no skull.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;You literally could&#8217;ve killed me by touching me there,&#8221; Tiffanie said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;But you didn&#8217;t die,&#8221; the nurse responded.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;But I didn&#8217;t die?&#8221; Tiffanie responded. &#8220;But I didn&#8217;t die, that&#8217;s your response? &#8216;But [expletive], you didn&#8217;t die,&#8217; right? That&#8217;s your response to me, I didn&#8217;t die? I could&#8217;ve instantly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;This is going nowhere,&#8221; the nurse said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie said she was later trespassed from Ball, and is unable to access her IU Health medical records. She claimed that Carrie Snodgrass, wife of Jonathan, accessed and edited her medical records two years after the incident.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;Why is she in my medical records on the day of my attack, editing my file, and what did she delete? We can see that she edited it, but what did she delete, and how was it edited?&#8221; Tiffanie asked.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;[It&#8217;s been] almost three years that I&#8217;ve been waiting on [IU Health] to provide me with [my medical records] and what was edited, because if you can see the keystrokes report, you can&#8217;t tell me they can&#8217;t see what was deleted and what edit was done. Because on Facebook, if you edit something, it says &#8216;edited&#8217; and you can go back and see the old edits. But our medical system, the Center [Health] system, supposedly isn&#8217;t capable of that? I know better than that, but they have restricted my access.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc5847b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc5847b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95a6b47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95a6b47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legal Actions<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f6c4b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c4f6c4b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18e95b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a18e95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Eaton filed a civil lawsuit against Tiffanie for speaking out on social media.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Although Tiffanie had a doctor&#8217;s note filed with the court, an Objection to Defense&#8217;s Motion to Continue shows that Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Steve Sneed objected to her receiving an MRI scheduled for April 21, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-811e45f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"811e45f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a37b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0a37b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/04-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.11.04\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26984\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/04-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.11.04\u202fAM.png 640w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/04-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.11.04\u202fAM-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ba0da e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0ba0da\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233ab49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"233ab49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Steve&#8217;s objection was filed the day before the MRI was scheduled, at 9:41 a.m.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">In the document, Steve states his objection was due to Tiffanie &#8220;harass[ing] witnesses,&#8221; &#8220;taint[ing] the jury pool,&#8221; and &#8220;disseminating discovery materials on social media sites.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43499bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43499bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183b221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"183b221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/05-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.10.31\u202fAM-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26997\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/05-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.10.31\u202fAM-1.png 597w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/05-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.10.31\u202fAM-1-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd46aec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd46aec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df288c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df288c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Tiffanie told VBN that this cease and desist order, dated October 5, 2020, is a gag order. She said the order is no longer active.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30de2e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30de2e2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e73e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88e73e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/07-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.22.39\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27019\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/07-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.22.39\u202fAM.png 504w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/07-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.22.39\u202fAM-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31130d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31130d9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6461942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6461942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/08-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.22.46\u202fAM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27020\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/08-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.22.46\u202fAM.png 461w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/08-Screenshot-2025-08-24-at-2.22.46\u202fAM-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab8eaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ab8eaf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc8991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdc8991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve just now, within the last few months, started therapy,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;I was prohibited from even going to therapy. How do you take my right away and then say, &#8216;Well she&#8217;s a loose cannon?&#8217; I&#8217;m not allowed to discuss anything. The only thing I can do is talk to a camera and hope that somebody cares.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ced843 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ced843\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f08b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3f08b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impact<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa446d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8aa446d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315c65f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"315c65f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie said she&#8217;s speaking up against EPD to spread awareness.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;Most people don&#8217;t have the ability to pay hundreds of thousands in fees,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;I still owe one attorney over twenty grand for doing my civil defense cases. That&#8217;s why they take the plea bargains, even though the police are lying.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea23e1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea23e1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed3fae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed3fae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;My own public defender that I ended up having to go with at the end because I had went and exhausted all means of financial support, he wanted me to plead for a littering charge and told me I was stupid for not accepting it. I knew that if I pled to a littering charge, I could never sue these men in court because I [would&#8217;ve] admitted to a crime in a plea bargain way. There&#8217;s no accountability. I refused to do that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie is also speaking up for students at Ball State, as <a href=\"https:\/\/news.vivianbostick.com\/2025\/08\/ball-state-students-call-for.html\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Michael was transferred to the University Police Department (UPD) in August of last year<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&#8220;How much abuse of his power has [Michael] used and will he use in the future on students?&#8221; Tiffanie asked. &#8220;You got freshman [who are] 18 years old, some of them as young as 16 on campus, living in dorms. Those students don&#8217;t know their laws yet. They don&#8217;t know their rights.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie alleges that UPD has been stalking her son, who doesn&#8217;t even attend the university.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;My son lives within Ball State&#8217;s jurisdiction,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;After the protest was posted, Ball State Police was sitting outside my son&#8217;s apartment, parked behind his vehicle, and then another officer followed him to [a nearby] McDonald&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">He&#8217;s scared of what&#8217;s gonna happen to him because they&#8217;re already following him,&#8221; Tiffanie continued. &#8220;Police don&#8217;t go and sit at his apartment. There&#8217;s maybe twelve [apartment] units. It&#8217;s not that kind of place.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/petition-for-the-removal-of-ball-state-university-police-officer-michael-conner\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">In a petition that has gathered over 700 signatures<\/span><\/a>, Tiffanie said her grandfather spent over 30 years with Ball State.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;He dedicated his life to research, and education, even leaving behind a financial contribution that still supports the university today,&#8221; Tiffanie said. &#8220;Because of his legacy, it&#8217;s heartbreaking to see Ball State allow someone like Officer Michael Conner to remain on campus. The courts have made it clear: Michael Conner and the officers lied.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tiffanie is calling for law enforcement to have a system of checks and balances.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t exist in any state in our country,&#8221; Tiffanie said.<\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c7174 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15c7174\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6100827 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6100827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Response<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24f4932 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24f4932\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9b9df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e9b9df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">On Friday, August 22, protesters gathered at the Ball State peace plaza at 1:30pm before marching half a mile to the UPD Building around 3:30pm.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/petition-for-the-removal-of-ball-state-university-police-officer-michael-conner\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">A petition calling for the removal of Conners from UPD<\/span><\/a> has reached over 700 signatures.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-tiffanie-justice-for-eaton-family\">A GoFundMe in support of Tiffanie<\/a><\/span> has raised over $200.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">VBN has emailed Lisa Tellus, Public Relations Manager for IU Health, and Courtney Schmoll, Regional Public Relations Manager for Ball Memorial Hospital, for comment.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; 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