he seems to be a A freque
David Robinson is talking
coup. As we reported last
veteran of the Detroit Po
amassed more complaints a
any other officer on the
with a badge. I've been c
been called a By him in h
department who has been a
officers to amassing at l
filed against him, costin
and often settled. The ca
from alleged assault and
of civil rights to gross
of the lawsuits, coup was
DPD officers named he was
me in October 2016 Terry
mother's home when Ku and
up in the front yard, par
purchased and registered
officers arrived he took
it on the front porch and
the ground trying to give
They didn't want to recei
their own private propert
for wrongful arrest. He s
a separate lawsuit agains
Coup was not a defendant
city admitted no wrongdoi
protect and serve not abu
her family say they were
when Officer Coup and his
So you had nothing to do
you just live next to the
They say they were handcu
as if they were the targe
our heads. Tell us to get
the When you know you got
any of that, the family s
again, admitting no wrong
To date, the city has pai
in cases where coup was a
jumped out cussing people
And today the city is def
by Mark Gattis On the nig
he and members of his fam
out on the front lawn of
Detroit when a dark car p
just heard the car and in
started running. So insta
to run. As soon as I star
somebody tell them I'm go
gonna shoot you. So I rea
fast. Then The men were c
coup, but Gattis said tha
first, it was dark, they
dpt vehicle and their hea
officers briefly apprehen
to the complaint, kicking
before Gattis broke free.
was shot twice, once in t
in the back of his ankle.
had a gun in his hand and
was taken to the hospital
condition. I woke up in t
kept trying to make me si
what happened that night.
would be charged with 11
assaulting a police offic
gun that night? No, thank
the shooting ruling it ju
Multiple officers said th
a firearm and Coo said he
witnesses in the neighbor
opposite that Gattis had
said his hands were wide
he ran away from officers
the gun that police said
couldn't conclusively mat
the gun to him. He faced
acquitted him of all of t
is suing the officers and
testified stated unequivo
hands in the air. He didn
was nothing in his hand i
DPD stands by its officer
the case tossed attorneys
active resistance to the
detain him the blading of
a weapon or what was perc
of a weapon at officers a
a handgun in the vicinity
fell further established
cause for his arrest and
out to Sergeant coup for
against him. He did not r
or texts like a gang in i
of them than I am of actu
out there in Detroit. Tha
of. Perhaps the most alar
the lawsuits against Serg
they appear to have been
police. His internal empl
to track officer performa
he's ever been sued not o
eight times and none of t
Does that trouble you at
mass database should be a
uh, number of lawsuits. Y
is being investigated tod
of our story, interim chi
taken coup off the street
reviewing all of the 85 c
him and why some were dis
and I'm absolutely disapp
the findings. A DPD spoke
on the Mark Gattis case a