SURPRISE, Ariz. — Newly released body camera video shows the moment a Trump supporter was thrown to the ground by a Surprise police officer during a traffic stop in February 2025 — an encounter the woman now calls “a brutal assault.”

Camelia Gocan, a Surprise resident, was convicted Thursday on multiple misdemeanor charges, including obstructing traffic and failing to obey a police officer’s commands. A city judge sentenced her to six months of unsupervised probation.

The case stems from a February 17 incident captured on city traffic and police cameras. Protesters had lined a Surprise intersection that day, opposing President Donald Trump. Gocan, who says she wanted to show her support for Trump, stopped her red convertible nearby, stepped in front of it, and began waving a large Trump

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