>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ TONIGHT ON NEWS, 4 JAX AT 6. A
VIDEO SHOWS JACKSONVILLE
POLICE ENTERING A WOMAN’S
HOME.
>> AND SHE SAYS IT WAS A CASE
OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
♪
NOW SHE’S CALLING FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER SHE SAYS
OFFICERS THROUGH ON THE GROUND
AS WOMAN TELLS NEWS 4 JAX THE
POLICE QUESTIONED AND RELEASED
HER AFTER REALIZING THEY HAVE
THE WRONG PERSON NEWSFOURJAX.
I TEAM REPORTER MINERS HERE IN
THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE
INCIDENT. THAT WAS ALL CAUGHT
ON CELL PHONE VIDEO WELL,
KRISTIE JACKSON’S 4 YEAR-OLD
GRANDSON PER 2 DAUGHTERS. THEY
WERE ALSO INSIDE THAT
APARTMENT OFF MONCRIEF ROAD
WHEN JSO OFFICERS WINTER HER
HOUSE LOOKING FOR A FEMALE
SUSPECT.
>> JACKSON SAYS WITHIN JUST A
FEW SECONDS OF KNOCKING ON OUR
DOOR, POLICE WERE INSIDE OF
HER HOUSE, FORCING HER INTO
HANDCUFFS.
♪
HANDCUFFS. ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ IT’S ABSOLUTE MAYHEM INSIDE
CHRISTIE JACKSON’S HOUSE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY
AFTER JACKSON SAYS SHERIFF’S
OFFICERS FORCED THEIR WAY
INSIDE HER APARTMENT WITHOUT A
WARRANT, TAKING HER DOWN TO
HER KITCHEN FLOOR WITH FORCE.
THEY LITERALLY SLUM BE ON THE
GROUND. I WAS ON THE GROUND.
>> WHAT IT OFF WHAT? I WAS A
KID, MA’AM. I SIGNED MY RIGHTS
THAT NEED MEMORIZE THAT AS I
WAS ON THE GROUND. JACKSON
SAYS IT ALL STARTED WITH A
KNOCK ON THE DOOR WITH JSO
OFFICERS ASKING HER IF SHE WAS
MISSUS. COOPER.
>> JACKSON SAYS SHE TOLD THE
OFFICER SHE WASN’T MISSES
COOPER 2 TIMES. SHE SAYS THEN
SHE TRIED TO SHUT HER FRONT
DOOR THAT TOO CLOSE THE DOOR.
>> IT WAS STOPPED BY PUT AND
THEN ALL OF OFFICES BY RIGHT
THROUGH YOU.
♪
>> AT ONE POINT DURING THE
SCUFFLE, A JSO OFFICER IS
HEARD SAYING WE’RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON AS
JACKSON IS HEARD ASKING
MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY TO RUN
AND GET HER PHOTO
IDENTIFICATION.
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IDENTIFICATION. ♪ 1, 1, ALL.
♪
♪
♪ ♪ >> OKAY. JACKSON SAYS JSO
OFFICERS TOOK HER OUT OF HER
HOUSE IN HANDCUFFS AND PLACED
HER IN THE BACK OF A SQUAD CAR
WHERE THEY QUESTIONED HER. SHE
SAYS OFFICERS DIDN’T READ OR
HER RIGHTS OR TELL HER WHY SHE
WAS BEING DETAINED. HERE’S
WHAT SHE NOTICED INSIDE OF THE
POLICE OFFICER’S SQUAD CAR WAS
I GOT IS THAT THE CAR?
>> I LIVE A BIG GAP FOR PAGES
THAT IS PRESENT A LITTLE WHILE
AND OUT OF ALL 4 PITCHES. WE
DON’T LOOKS CAN COME IN ON A
LIGHT HAVE COME NIGHT. HARRIS
IS MORE RAIN AND MILD IN MORE.
AUNT JACKSON SAYS 30 MINUTES
LATER, POLICE LET HER GO AND
TOLD HER IT WAS A CASE OF
MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE OF
HER HAIR COLOR. SHE SAYS ONE
JSO OFFICER SAID HE WAS SORRY.
>> BUT SHE SAYS HER FAMILY IS
STILL TRAUMATIZED BY WHAT
HAPPENED IN THEIR OWN HOME.
MAYBE STOP IT. THEY STOPPED.
>> BRUTALIZING PEOPLE THAT
NEED TO. COMMUNICATE WITH
PEOPLE INSTEAD OF BEING THE
FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
PUT HANDS ON ME, SLAM ON THE
GROUND.
>> I HEARD THEM ALL OUT.
>> WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
NEWS, 4 JAX ASKED THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SO WHAT
HAPPENED IN THAT VIDEO? WE
ASKED SPECIFICALLY WHAT WAS
SHERIFF TK WATERS RESPONSE
AFTER REVIEWING THAT VIDEO? WE
ALSO ASKED FOR AN INTERVIEW
WITH THE SHERIFF, THE SHERIFF
DECLINED THE INTERVIEW. A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE RESPONDED SAYING THAT
THIS INCIDENT IS NOW BEING
ADMINISTRATIVELY REVIEWED.
THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO
COMMENT ON THE INCIDENT WHILE
THAT REVIEW IS ONGOING. WE