THAT TAX RATE INCREASE FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER’S OFFICE NEXT WEEK. WHEN WE DO,
WE WILL POST UPDATES ON NEWS.
4 JAX DOT COM.
>> BRAND NEW AT 6 O’CLOCK JUST
OBTAINED BODY CAMERA VIDEO IS
GIVING US A BETTER LOOK AT A
CONTROVERSIAL TRAFFIC STOP
INVOLVING A CAMDEN COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY.
>> I CAN MAKE OR GET OUT OF
OUR CARS. COULD YOUR GAME TO
HAVE IT? I CAN MAKE A REALLY
GOOD CHRISTIE NEWMAN TALKING
WITH ANOTHER DEPUTY JUST
MOMENTS BEFORE YANKING A WOMAN
OUT OF HER CAR AND ONTO THE
GROUND.
>> LAST NIGHT AT 6 O’CLOCK WE
SHOWED YOU DISTURBING DASH
CAMERA VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT.
IT OCCURRED BACK IN JANUARY.
BUT THE CAMDEN COUNTY NAACP
JUST SHARED THE VIDEO WITH US
FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AS
NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER MARILYN
PARKER TELLS US THIS NEW VIDEO
ALLOWS US TO HEAR WHAT DEPUTY
NEWMAN WAS SAYING DURING THE
TRAFFIC STOP.
>> WE NOW KNOW THAT DEPUTY
NEWMAN DIDN’T WANT THE WOMAN
TO DRIVE OFF, BUT INSTEAD SHE
WANTED HER TO STEP OUT OF THE
TRUCK TO EXPLAIN THAT HER
LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED IN THE
DEPUTY COULD NOT ALLOW HER TO
DRIVE. I MEAN, AND ALLIE.
>> SHE’S PRIVATE PROPERTY AT
THIS POINT. THIS IS DEPUTY
KRISTINE NEWMAN’S BODY CAMERA
FROM JANUARY 16TH. I CAN MAKE
A REALLY GOOD A CAR FROM
ENOUGH ON THE REST. I AM. I
AM. DO I?
>> I KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING
ABOUT. THE CAMDEN COUNTY
DEPUTY SAID THIS JUST MOMENTS
BEFORE PULLING A WOMAN OUT OF
HER TRUCK. ONE HAND CUPPING
HER HITTING HER IN THE AND
THROWING HER BY HER HAIR INTO
THE HOOD OF HER PATROL CAR
NEWS. 4 JAX JUST OBTAINED THIS
BODY CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE
CAMDEN COUNTY NAACP.
>> WHO PUT IN THE REQUEST TO
THE DEPARTMENT AFTER GETTING A
TIP ABOUT THE JANUARY
INCIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT BEFORE WALKING OVER TO
CHAIR IS FARIA STRUCK. NEWMAN
LEARNED A FAR AHEAD A NON
JUDGMENT JUST ABOUT.
>> I WANT STEP OUT. BECAUSE I
TOLD YOU TO STEP OUT IN THE
VIDEO YOU SEE THEY START
HUSTLING OVER THE DOOR. DEPUTY
NEWMAN RADIOS FOR ANOTHER THAT
CAME AT ME THEN WALKS BACK TO
THE TRUCK AND OPENS THE BACK
WITHOUT A CAR.
>> GET OUT THE CAUSE. I’M
GONNA BREAK THAT WINDOW TO
BREAK AWAY BECAUSE WE ASKED
RETIRED JSO ASSISTANT CHIEF
RICK PARKER TO LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO. SHE LOOKS LIKE MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY PREPARED TO
HANDLE THE CALL. DO YOU THINK
IT WOULD HAVE HURT TO INFORM
THE DRIVER OF WHY SHE WANT HER
TO GET OUT THE CAR?
>> I THINK IT’S APPROPRIATE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE A DECISION IN
ORDER TO DO THAT. BUT YOU ALSO
HAVE THINK OF THE POTENTIAL
OUTCOME. WE HEAR DEPUTY NEWMAN
TRY TO SPEAK WITH HER AGAIN
THROUGH THE BACK DOOR, BUT IT
DOESN’T WORK. THEN WE HEAR
WHAT SOUNDS LIKE FARIA ON THE
PHONE WITH 9-1-1.
>> THIS IS BOTH BODY CAM AND
DASHCAM VIDEO AT THIS POINT.
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>> WHITE NOW GET
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>> ABOUT 30 SECONDS. GO BY.
BUT WE CAN’T MAKE OUT THE
AUDIO FROM THE BODY CAM. LOOK
AT THE CORNER OF THE CAMERA AS
FAR AS STANDS UP. AND THEN
DEPUTY NEWMAN REACHES OVER AND
HITS HER IN THE FACE. LATER,
DEPUTY NEWMAN IS IN THE BACK
OF HER PATROL CAR VISIBLY
WHERE THEY CAME FROM ON THIS
SHE WOULD NOT GO
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>> TO COURT.
>> YOU DO WHAT YOU GOTTA SHE
WAS LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO DO
TO GET.
>> THERE’S POTENTIALLY A
LITTLE BLACKOUT PERIOD. AND
THAT SHOULD SHOULD BE OF
REALLY SERIOUS CONCERN FOR HER
SUPERVISORS. MULTIPLE PUNCHES
TO HANDCUFF PERSON
ACCOMPLISHED. ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING. AND IT LOOKS
PERSONAL. CLEARLY CLUELESS
PERSONAL AND THAT’S DONE WHEN
YOU’RE COMPLETELY OUT OF
CONTROL WHEN EVEN THE WEST.
>> AFTER STEPPING OUT, SO I
COULD TALK ABOUT THIS. YOU CAN
DROP OFF. WE JUST GOT DEPUTY
NEWMAN’S PERSONNEL FILE FROM
THE CAMDEN COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE. WE LEARNED SHE’S BEEN
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 5
YEARS. SHE ONLY HAS ONE
COMPLAINT AGAINST HER. THAT’S
FROM THIS SITUATION THAT WAS
BACK IN JANUARY A MONTH AFTER
THAT.
>> SHE WAS PRAISE FOR THE WAY
SHE HANDLED THE SITUATION. AND
THEN IN MARCH WE LEARN THAT
SHE WAS NAMED DEPUTY OF THE
MONTH.
>> WE HEARD FROM THE P I O OF
THE DEPARTMENT THIS AFTERNOON
ABOUT DEPUTY NEWMAN’S WARNING.
IT SAID IN PART, PROGRESSIVE
DISCIPLINE IS USED ON CASES
WHERE NO OTHER EMPLOYEE
WARNINGS EXISTS, WHICH IN THIS
CASE NO PRIOR POLICY
VIOLATIONS EXISTS IN DEPUTY
NEWMAN’S FILE. THE DISCIPLINE
WAS IMMEDIATE UP ON THE REVIEW
OF THE SUPERVISOR. AND WITH
THAT WARNING, WE LEARNED THAT
DEPUTY NEWMAN HAD 2 DAYS OFF
WITHOUT PAY ADDITIONAL
TRAINING ON USE OF FORCE AND
OFFICER SAFETY. AND SHE WAS