VIDEO: Police officer body slams elderly woman onto pavement.

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GLYNN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Kathleen Mary Allegrone, 70, was charged with driving under the influence and willful obstruction of law enforcement officers.

A police officer appeared to body slam an elderly woman face-first onto pavement after pulling her over for drunk driving.Kathleen Mary Allegrone, 70, did in fact scream and try to resist the officer as he escorted her from her car to his police cruiser. But what happened next — and is preserved on video — shocked everyone.

The Glynn County, Ga., police officer lifted the woman into the air and threw her onto the street. The woman's face made a loud whack as it smashed against the concrete, according to the witness who recorded the incident with his cell phone.

"The lady was being handcuffed and did not have her arms to break her fall," the witness said.

Allegrone’s mug shot, released by the Glynn County Sheriff's Office Dec. 13, shows the woman's nose badly bruised with large swaths of blood hardened beneath her nostrils.

"I was stunned really. I think everyone was," said the cameraman’s friend Brett, who wished to have his last name withheld, according to First Coast News. He witnessed the incident as well.

The officer in question, Kevin Jones, was taken off patrol while police investigated the incident. But he was returned to full duties Saturday, according to The Florida Times-Union.

In the video, a loud noise can be heard when the woman’s head hits the ground.

After the police officer threw the woman on the ground, another cop walked over to the young man with his cell phone and asked him to stop shooting the scene.

"It's not against the law, though," the witness said.

"I know it's not against the law. I'm just asking you not to do it," the officer replied. "I cannot stop you but all I can say is that if it was your friend over there or if it was yourself would you want this happening?"

The young man tried to reply but was cut off.

"Yes or no, sir! Yes or no, sir!"

Allegrone faces charges for driving under the influence and willful obstruction of law enforcement officers.

She was released on bail.

mwalsh@nydailynews.com

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