During a traffic stop for allegedly running a red light, a Black woman says she was dragged by her neck by a law enforcement officer. 

Charish Jones, a 37-year-old mother, was pulled over by North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Zachary Bumgardner Thursday near Raleigh while driving with her 15 year-old daughter. Jones says he pulled her over for running a red light which she believed was yellow. 

"He said, 'My light was green, are you stupid?'" Jones told ABC11. "And he said, 'Do you comprehend what I'm saying?"

The officer asked Jones to step out of the car, to which she initially refused, asking him why. 

Jones says she began recording the encounter because Bumgardner’s “words were laced with venom.”

In the video she can be heard telling him she does not feel comfortable stepping out of her vehicle. 

“I didn’t do anything. You’ve given me a ticket because I ran a red light so give me the ticket,” Jones can be heard saying. 

He tells her if she doesn't step out of the car she will be arrested for resisting, citing December 1977 Supreme Court case Pennsylvania vs. Mimms. 

In Pennsylvania vs. Mimms, the justices ruled in favor of an officer telling someone to get out of the car during a traffic stop. The case overturned a lower court’s ruling that police officers violated the Fourth Amendment and illegally seized a driver’s gun when they asked a man to get out of his car. 

Jones eventually stepped out of her car as the officer motioned for her to stand behind the vehicle. She refused and began walking back to the driver’s seat, and the trooper grabbed her by the neck.

Jones, who can be heard screaming in the video,  is now claiming the officer used excessive force. 

"He was not acting as if I ran a red light," Jones said. "He was acting as if I was a criminal. Thank God I'm not dead. Thank God I made it home. The look in his eye, the tone of his voice said it all."

Pete Rubino, a retired police officer who now trains officers in police procedures, told WRAL he believes Bumgardner could have done more to deescalate the situation. 

"The officer doesn't articulate his necessity to have her step out," Rubino said. "There needs to be some further questioning on why the officer is asking her to step out of the vehicle. He should articulate for her safety and for his safety so he can talk to her."

Jones, who did not have a criminal record at the time, was charged with resisting arrest.

"I'm 4'10." I pose no threat to him. He should be held accountable for his actions," she said. 

Highway patrol says they are looking into the incident while Bumgardner remains on patrol during the review.