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>>> DEMANDING ANSWERS AFTER
FACEBOOK VIDEO SHOWS A POLICE
OFFICER HOLDING SEVERAL BOYS IT
GUNPOINT.
GUNPOINT.
GUNPOINT. >> THE VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED
HALF 1 MILLION TIMES BUT ONLY
SHOWS A PORTION OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. BOTH SIDES ARE OFFERING NEW
DETAILS ON WHAT LED UP TO THIS
AND HOW IT ENDED. WE WANT TO
START WITH THE 911 CALL FROM A
GAS STATION WORKER AROUND 7 PM
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. >> THEY ARE TRIALING TO STEAL
ONE HAS A GUN.
>> ARE THEY IN THERE NOW.
>> THEY ARE DOWN THE STREET.
>>
>> AN
>> AN OFFICER WAS SENT TO RESPONDENT FOUND A GROUP OF
KIDS NEARBY THAT MATCHED THE
COLORS DESCRIPTION.
COLORS DESCRIPTION. POLICE JUST RELEASED 17 MINUTES
WORTH OF THE OFFICERS BODY CAM
AND YOU CAN HEAR THE OFFICER
TALKING TO THE BOYS, ALONG WITH
THE CROWD THAT GATHERED. WE'VE
EDITED THE VIDEO DUE TO THE
LENGTH.
LENGTH.
LENGTH. >> ALL OF Y'ALL STOP. GET YOUR
HANDS UP. WALKED TOWARDS ME.
GET YOUR HANDS UP YOU ARE GOING
TO GET HURT.
GET YOUR HANDS UP.
GET HER HANDS UP.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME SO YOU DON'T
GET HURT.
GET HURT.
GET HURT. LISTEN TO ME. KEEP YOUR HANDS
UP.
UP.
UP. DON'T
UP. DON'T MOVE.
DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE.
DON'T MOVE. NOBODY'S HURT.
NOBODY'S HURT. PLEASE, I DON'T WANT TO HURT
Y'ALL. YOUNG MAN, DON'T
WHY
WHY DOES
WHY DOES THIS GUY THINK ONE OF Y'ALL HAVE A GUN?
OKAY, THEN WE GOOD.
WE GOOD.
WE GOOD.
WE GOOD. DON'T MOVE. Y'ALL GOING TO MAKE
ME HURT. WE ARE CHILLING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. RELAX, GUYS.
RELAX, GUYS. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM.
YOU
YOU AIN'T
YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS. WE HAVE A GOOD
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. DON'T PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. I
CROWD. I AM NOT SUPERMAN.
I CANNOT DO THAT.
I AM ONE AGAINST FIVE.
I AM BEING SAFE. I DON'T CARE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. TURNAROUND. RELAX.
TURNAROUND. RELAX. LISTEN, WE ARE GOING TO WALK
BACK OVER TO THE STORE AND WE
WILL GO FROM THERE GUYS.
OKAY. ALL OF THAT STUFF I'M NOT
WORRIED ABOUT. I'M WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
NOBODY GOT DISRESPECTED AND
NOBODY GOT HURT.
THAT'S IT. LET'S WALK BACK OVER
.
.
. >>
. >> AFTER PATTING THE BOYS DOWN
COME THE BOYS AND OFFICER WENT
TO THE GAS STATION. POLICE SAY
THE BOY SHOWED HIM THIS BB GUN
THAT HAD BEEN TOSSED IN THE
BUSHES. POLICE SAY IT LOOKED
LIKE A REAL SEMI AUTOMATIC
PISTOL.
PISTOL.
PISTOL. THE OFFICERS SAY HE WARNED THEM
OF THE DANGER OF CARRYING
AROUND A BB GUN THAT LOOKS LIKE
A REAL GUN.
LET'S GO TO JOE HENKE. YOU JUST
SPOKE TO ONE OF THE BOYS AND
THEIR MOTHER.
THEIR MOTHER. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT YOUNG BOY TELLS ME HE
FEARED FOR HIS LIFE AND DID NOT
KNOW IF HE WOULD MAKE IT OUT OF
THE SITUATION LIFE.
HIS MOTHER TELLS US SHE HAS NO
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT
DIRECTLY FROM POLICE.
SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE A PHONE CALL
THE ONLY INFORMATION SHE
RECEIVED WAS SECONDHAND IN FROM
OUR REPORTING.
OUR REPORTING. THE TEENAGER SPOKE WITH US AND
HE SAID HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A
BB GUN AND FOLLOWED ALL THE
ORDERS HE RECEIVED FROM THE
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. HIS MOTHER SAID SHE DID NO ABOUT
UNTIL A RELATIVE LIVING IN OHIO
WATCHED THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK
AND CALLED HER. HERE ARE PARTS
OF THEIR COMMENTS FROM A PRESS
CONFERENCE IN THE PAST HALF HOUR
.
.
. >>
. >> I
. >> I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE
BECAUSE I SEEN ALL THESE BLACK
KIDS JUST DYING AND TO HAVE
MYSELF IN THAT, IT WAS JUST
CRAZY.
CRAZY.
CRAZY. >>
CRAZY. >> I'M VERY SAD AND FRUSTRATED.
MY SON IS A GOOD BOY.
HE DON'T GET INTO ANY TYPE OF
TROUBLE. FOR HIM TO GO THROUGH
THIS AND I SEE HE'S BEEN
SCARED.
SCARED.
SCARED. HE COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIZING.
>> Reporter: ALSO AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE WERE SEVERAL
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS FROM
ATLANTA IN CLAYTON COUNTY.
THEY TOLD US THIS MORNING THEY
MET WITH CLAYTON COUNTY CHIEF OF
POLICE KEVIN ROBERTS AND THAT
ROBERTS TOLD THEM IN THE
SITUATION THE OFFICERS ACTIONS,
ACCORDING TO THE ACTIVISTS THE
ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED THE
CHIEF SAID. THE ACTIVIST SAID
THEY ARE DEMANDING THE CHIEF
UPDATE THE DEPARTMENTS USE OF
FORCE POLICY TO AVOID
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS IN THE
FUTURE AND THEY ARE DEMANDING
THAT OFFICER BE FIRED. NO WORD
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> JOE
>> JOE
>> JOE AT
>> JOE AT LENGTH IN THE OFFICER WAS
TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
GATHERING AROUND AND WAS
TELLING THEM IT HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THEM AND HE COULDN'T
SEE THROUGH THE BOYS CLOTHING.
THE BOY SAID HE KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT THE BB GUN.
DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
THE PHOTO WE SAW, IT LOOKS REAL.
DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY OF THE
BOYS?
BOYS?
BOYS? >>
BOYS? >> Reporter: THAT WE DON'T.
ALL WE HAVE ON THE GUN IS
INFORMATION FROM POLICE.
THE POLICE REPORT DESCRIBING
AFTER THE BOYS WERE PATTED DOWN
THEY LOWERED THEIR ARMS AND
WENT BACK TO THE GAS STATION.
AT SOME POINT, THE BUSHES WERE
POINTED OUT.
POINTED OUT. POLICE WENT AND THEY TELL US
THEY RECOVERED THAT BB GUN THAT
THEY SAY APPEARS SIMILAR TO A
PISTOL. THAT'S ALL WE KNOW
ABOUT THE GUN.
THE YOUNG MAN WAS NOT ABLE TO
SHARE DETAILS AWAY IT CAME FROM
WHEN I CHATTED WITH HIM.
>> ALL