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A woman participating in foreclosure protests today outside the Justice Department was stunned by police using a Taser, as video taken at the scene shows.

The woman’s name is Carmen Pittman, the Huffington Post reports, and she has first hand experience with the foreclosure process. Pittman successfully occupied her grandmother’s Atlanta home in 2011 and last year was able to buy it back from Chase Bank, according to Occupy Your Homes Atlanta.

The Huffington Post has the latest on her story:

On Tuesday, she was camped out in front of the Department of Justice in Washington, having been fully transformed into an activist by her experience, asking why more Pittmans have been arrested related to the foreclosure fraud crisis than top Wall Street executives. She was answered with a stun gun.

The video above shows three large men surrounding Pittman as she tries to cover her face. Abruptly, an officer tasers her, and she crumples to the ground before being hauled off and arrested.

Pittman’s arrest came a day after 17 former homeowners were arrested, according to District of Columbia police, some of them also tasered while demonstrating outside the DOJ building.

About 100 demonstrators from groups including Home Defenders League and Occupy Our Homes gathered outside the Justice Department yesterday to protest what they say is a lack of prosecution against home lenders. One protester told The Washington Post their target is Attorney General Eric Holder, who said some banks are too big to prosecute.

Watch video from the scene below.