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Official Statement
On July 14, 2025, Fairfield Police Officer Bianca Camacho was reportedly involved in the traffic-stop arrest of Myah Hamilton, then 18 years old. Public reporting states that Hamilton was stopped for alleged speeding and failure to yield. Cellphone video recorded from inside the vehicle reportedly shows Camacho standing at the driver’s door, unfastening Hamilton’s seatbelt, and then forcefully removing Hamilton from the vehicle by first pulling her clothing and then grabbing her hair with both hands. Hamilton can be heard pleading not to be ripped from the vehicle and later shouting that Camacho was pulling her hair. Local News Matters reported that Hamilton alleged the force caused hair loss and scarring, and that she was later charged with reckless driving and resisting.
This incident creates a separate and substantial Brady/Giglio concern because the recorded conduct bears directly on Camacho’s credibility in describing noncompliance, resistance, officer safety, force necessity, and the factual basis for resisting-arrest allegations. Hamilton’s attorney publicly alleged that the resisting charge was fabricated to justify the use of force, which, if substantiated, would place Camacho’s report writing, probable-cause narrative, arrest justification, and testimony squarely within Brady/Giglio impeachment territory. Even without a final disciplinary finding, the publicly released video, the allegation of excessive force, and the disputed resisting narrative are material to any case in which Camacho’s credibility is necessary to sustain a charge, search, seizure, arrest, or conviction.
The July 14, 2025 incident also becomes more material when viewed alongside the May 20, 2026 Fairfield High School video. Public reports identify both incidents as involving the same officer and describe community advocates as alleging a pattern of aggressive force. That pattern is relevant impeachment evidence because it may show recurring escalation, excessive force, hair-pulling, force justification, and post-incident narrative construction. Any prosecutor handling a case involving Officer Camacho should treat both incidents as potential impeachment material and disclose the cellphone video, all police reports, charging documents, body-camera footage, supervisory review, complaints, and any internal affairs or administrative records connected to the traffic stop.
Video link: https://www.ktvu.com/video/fmc-sg7g3m3wyvdmythk
