Dramatic arrest of Tennessee grandmother was staged for a reality TV show, lawsuit says. Now she wants justice | CNN

Donna Dillon and her husband were winding down and getting ready to watch Netflix after spending an ideal summer evening in their home’s pool with their four children. Dillon peered out the window at her usually quiet Knoxville, Tennessee, cul-de-sac and saw around 10 officers in the driveway, along with a cameraman filming for the “On Patrol: Live” police television reality show, she said. “Is Jacob OK?” Dillon yelled as she came out in a panic, thinking something happened to her son who had just left home, body camera footage showed. The expression on her face changed from concern to pure shock as an officer came behind her and put her arms in handcuffs, the video showed. Restrained on her front steps next to her 17-year-old son, Dillon learned she was under arrest on a 3-year-old warrant she says she didn’t know existed and stemmed from a dismissed misdemeanor charge. “If this is on any social media, you all are going to be in trouble,” Dillon told the officers. She pleaded with the officers to handcuff her arms in front to avoid causing her pain because she was recovering from shoulder replacement surgery, the video showed. While they changed the handcuffs after

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