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    Meet Vickie Williams-Tillman, Good Samaritan who swarmed man attacking Baton Rouge po

    Meet Vickie Williams-Tillman, Good Samaritan who swarmed man attacking Baton Rouge police officer




    Vickie Williams-Tillman, 56, spotted a man attacking a Baton Rouge police officer Sunday morning, called police and then jumped on the attacker's back, helping protect the officer, according to Baton Rouge Police. (Courtesy photo from Joe Simoneaux)



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    Vickie Williams-Tillman was on her way to Sam's Club and Walmart early Sunday morning, listening to gospel music, when she noticed a police officer struggling with a man on the side of Harry Drive.
    She rolled down her window to ask if the officer needed help, but she couldn't hear him respond. She did, however, lock eyes with him.

    "I could see in his eyes he needed help," said Williams-Tillman. "You don't have time to think about it … I did what God needed me to do."

    And what Williams-Tillman did — jumping on the attacker's back until more police arrived — has many in the community, including the mayor, hailing the 56-year-old as a hero.

    "Vickie Williams-Tillman epitomizes the true Good Samaritan," Mayor-President Sharon Weston-Broome said in a statement. "She reached out and offered a courageous and unconditional response to the officer. Ms. Williams-Tillman is a hero and demonstrates the true meaning of loving God and loving your neighbor."

    Williams-Tillman said she didn't hesitate to help. "It was something that went through my soul," she said. "You don't think about the risk."

    The 44-year-old officer, whose name has not been released, had found the man asleep in his vehicle just before 8 a.m. in the 8400 block of Harry Drive, seeing drug paraphernalia visible, according to the arrest report. As the man, 28-year-old Thomas Bennett, exited from his vehicle, he became aggressive, said Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely. Bennett, of Albany, grabbed the officer's baton and used it to repeatedly hit the officer in the head, McKneely said.

    Bennett also grabbed the officer's flashlight and radio, and attempted to take the gun from the officer's holster. McKneely said things might have gone a different way without Williams-Tillman's help.
    "She made a big difference," McKneely said.

    Bennett was finally detained after he was hit by a stun gun fired by a second officer who arrived at the scene, McKneely said. All three people involved in the fight were taken to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center with minor injuries and were released by Sunday evening.

    Williams-Tillman hurt her wrist, McKneely said.


    Joe Simoneaux

    February 19 ·

    Trenisha with Mrs Vickie Tillman is a true hero. She stop to help my brother Billy Amie when he needed help with a suspect. My prayers are with her and her family. Thank you Mrs Vickie we love you. — withTrenisha Jackson.
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    Bennett was booked into Parish Prison Sunday afternoon on counts of aggravated battery, disarming a police officer, battery on a police officer, resisting an officer with violence, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

    The officer, who has a total of 21 years of service, nine of those with BRPD, suffered wounds on his head, McKneely said.

    Vickie Williams-Tillman is being called a hero after she helped thwart an attack Sunday morn…

    Williams-Tillman said she spoke with the officer and gave him a hug after they were both treated. He told her a lot of drivers had driven by and not stopped to help him.
    "A lot of people passed him up," Williams-Tillman said, but that's not fair to police officers. "They're human beings, just like us … We're all one family."

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    Wow!! What a true heroine! Thank you so much for helping the officer! You may have saved his life.
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    That is one brave caring woman, I salute you!!!
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