Yeah, this incident happened back on
December 29th and it started when an
anonymous caller told police they were
worried about another person's safety.
They told police that person is
in a domestic situation and they
sent a text message with a code
word that means they needed help.
Again, we do want to warn you,
you might find the video difficult to watch.
Shelton police have released
two officers body camera footage
from a December 29th arrest.
The video shows the moments officers
arrived to a home after getting a call
that someone inside might need help.
When officers arrive,
faint arguing can be heard in the home.
A man identified as Gordon
Cole opens the door.
At one point an officer can be seen
moving him out of the way to try to
get to another person in the home.
It appears there's another adult
and children inside at the time.
For about 10 minutes,
officers tried to get Cole to come outside.
Alright, we did. We didn't just
show up here, man. It ain't like
officers can be seen talking to the
other adult in the home and eventually
tell Cole they believe he is violating
a protective order and will be taken
into custody about 20 minutes in.
Things start to escalate when officers
tried to place Cole under arrest.
So I've got it. I put my hit my right.
We've been. We've tried, but we get.
A few minutes later,
officers take him out of the home
and put him in a police cruiser.
Following this incident,
there were calls from the public
for police to release the body Cam
footage, including from
Black Lives Matter 86-O.
What we are here to do was on
first of all to seek transparency.
We had strong concerns that
the initial foias were ignored.
Or declined Scotland
police say under Connecticut law,
police are not required to release
body Cam footage from domestic violence
incidents and as a result worked with the
Milford States Attorney on the issue and
redacted the video to protect victims.
Privacy Black Lives Matter 86-O says it has
other concerns about the
way the arrest was made.
We had concerns because Mr.
Cole, if he did need to be restrained,
was restrained into a pliable
couch that did impede.
Is breathing rather than
being taken down to the floor,
which might be customary.
I did reach out to Shelton
police tonight for an interview,
but did not hear back.
As for Cole, the suspect in that video,
he is facing several
charges for the incident,
including interfering with an officer's
risk of injury to a child and seven
counts of violating a protective order.
He's due in court on February 16th.
Jen Brent, back to you.