>>MARY BAER: 4 JAX EXCLUSIVE THE JACKSONVILLE WOMAN SEEN IN THIS POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO
IS TALKING TO US ABOUT THE DAY
JSO ARRESTED HER EARLIER THIS
YEAR AT HER EAST
SIDE HOME.
>> AND WE MUST WARN YOU THE
VIDEO COULD BE CONSIDERED TO
BE DISTURBING. NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER ZAC LASHWAY TALKS TO
BRITTANY WILLIAMS ABOUT WHICH
SHE SAYS HAPPENED INSTEAD.
>> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
APPLYING MY MY
CLAIM AND.
>> AND BRITTANY WILLIAMS DAY OF
REST AND RELAXATION AND NEVER
FORGET IT WAS ABOUT TO BE OVER
SO I GO OUTSIDE AND.
>> AS THEY HAD
CAN I HELP YOU GOING TO HELP
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICER
WAS PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY AND
SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE JUST
IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO JUST
YELL AT ME AND TELL ME THINGS
LIKE
YOU KNOW.
>> I CAN BE HERE I WANT TO WIN
JUST THIS IS A
PUBLIC LIFE AND THINGS LIKE
THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS I’M LIKE I’M GONNA
CALL
FOR BACKUP. YOU KNOW I WANT TO
TELL HIM THAT I WAS LIKE I WANT
TO CALL 9, 1, TO REPORT TO YOU
HE LEFT, I MEAN HE WAS LIKE
THEY’RE JUST GOING TO CALM THE
IN THE.
IN THE. >> ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT BEFORE WILLIAMS CALL JSO
THE OFFICER TOLD HER HE BACKED
INTO THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT IT WAS A VACANT
PROPERTY AND WAS JUST CHECKING
EMAILS WHILE TRAFFIC WAS BACKED
UP THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY
WILLIAMS TOLD THE OFFICER TO
LEAD AND THEN THROUGH SPOON
WITH AN UNKNOWN GREEN SUBSTANCE
AT HIM WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN
THE CAR.
THE CAR. >> AND I COUGH OR MORE OFFICERS ARRIVE WHY SEEING HERE.
START.
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HAHA. IT IS. KICK SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET.
>> ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
BATTERY AND ASSAULT ON AN
OFFICER AND RESISTING ARREST.
>> SHE KICKED ME WAS INSIDE
GOING SOMEWHERE.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE A WITNESS
TO IT HE ARREST REPORT STATES
WHILE WILLIAMS WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY, A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL
FELL OFF HER PERSON AND ON TO
THE FLOOR I HAVE A RIGHT TO
PROTECT MYSELF AND HAVE A
WEAPON INSIDE OF MY HOUSE THAT
WAS JUST THE REASON AN EXCUSE
FOR THEM TO ATTACK THE STATE.
THERE’S THAT
I ALSO.
>> HEAD UNTIL RECENTLY BECAUSE
OF THE SITUATION A CONCEALED
WEAPONS LICENSE.
>> IF I WANTED TO EVEN CARRY
LEGALLY CAN DO THAT WILLIAMS
DID LET THE OFFICERS KNOW SHE
HAD A GUN BEFORE BEING TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY, ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT THEY BROKE MY TEETH ON
THE FLOOR RIGHT THERE IN FRONT
OF
THE STAIRWAY.
>> YOU KNOW LOOKING AT THE
VIDEO THAT THERE’S A LOT OF
EMPTY SPACE ALEX BUT KARA IS A
CRIMINOLOGIST AND A PROFESSOR
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DID
YOU SEE EXCESSIVE I
SAW A LOT OF FORCE. YEAH NEWS 4
JAX CRIME AND SAFETY EXPERT KEN
JEFFERSON, A RETIRED JSO
OFFICER WITH MORE THAN 24 YEARS
ON THE FORCE.
>> DISAGREES IN THIS CASE.
>> I DIDN’T SEE IT.
>> THIS IS THE 4TH BE DONE
TO TRY TO SPRAY OR DO YOU THINK
POLICE ACTED IN LINE WITH
DEPARTMENT PROTOCOL. I CAN SAY
THAT THEY DID SOME THINGS
THAT WERE.
>> IN LIGHT OF SOME THINGS THAT
WERE PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO MUCH
THEY ACTED IN LINE WITH
DEPARTMENT.
>> FOR A CAUSE FOR 6 DURING THE
ARREST. THEY DID NOT ACT IN
LINE WITH PORT OF CALL OF JUST
LEAVE IN THAT AREA WHEN ASKED
TO
DO SO.
TO DO SO. >> IT’S ALL TURKISH, SHE’S
ACTUALLY GET WORSE AS THEY GO
ALONG TO GET THERE
THE BETTER THAT’S WHAT WE SAW
HERE WHAT IS THE OBLIGATION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT AFTER
SEEING THIS VIDEO I HAVE ALWAYS
RECOMMENDED TO POLICE CHIEFS OF
POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO BE IN
FRONT OF
THE STORY WE’RE AS OPEN AND
HONEST AS YOU CAN EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
THE WAY. >> WELL BACK TO FROM HERE, HERE’S SOME OF THE CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THE OFFICERS CAPTURED
ON POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO THE
DAY OF THE INCIDENT.
>> OUT OF THE ROADWAY.
>> SAYS SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THIS EMPTY LOT JUST YARDS AWAY FROM
HER HOME. SHE SAYS THEY WERE
HERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
BEFORE THEY BROUGHT HER TO JAIL
THERE’S NOTHING ILLEGAL WITH
THAT. THE QUESTION IS WAS THAT
APPROPRIATE.
>> DO YOU THINK RACE PLAYS A
FACTOR IN THIS CASE.
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>> A MASSIVE BRAWL. IT DID NOT HAVE TO GO THIS FAR.
>> WOULD AN OFFICER GO TO
ANOTHER THE TYPE OF
NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY SO ON THE
DRIVEWAY.
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WITHOUT PERMISSION. I CAN TELL ♪ AND SAYS MORE THAN LIKELY KNOW.
>> JSO DECLINED TO COMMENT AS THIS IS AN ACTIVE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, WE PUT IN A
REQUEST FOR THE 911 CALL.
AND THE FILES ON THE 5 MALE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN
THIS CASE. WE SHOULD MENTION
WILLIAMS DOES NOT HAVE A
CRIMINAL RECORD. SHE FACES UP
TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR
BATTERY AND ASSAULT ON AN
OFFICER AND RESISTING ARREST.
HER ATTORNEYS SAY THEY BELIEVE
AFTER THE STATE ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE REVIEWS THE EVIDENCE IN
THE CASE. THEY WILL
DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST HER.
I’M ZAC LASHWAY CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
BRITTANY WILLIAMS AND HER
HUSBAND SAY AT THE TIME OF THE
INCIDENT THEY WERE ON EDGE
BECAUSE IT WAS JUST 2 MONTHS TO