YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER, I CANNOT PROMISE THAT BECAUSE RATE RAIN IS COMING
RIGHT BACK AT US FOR TOMORROW.
CRIME SCENE TAPE SURROUNDS A
WEBSITE HOME FOR A SECOND DAY IN
A ROW.
THIS IS NEW VIDEO OF THE HOME ON
CINDERELLA ROAD.
THE FIRE MARSHAL IS THERE RIGHT
NOW INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A
FIRE IN A BEDROOM.
>> THE FOCUS OF A SWOT STANDOFF
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, CAMERAS
WERE ROLLING AS THE STANDOFF
ENDED WITH A CONTROVERSIAL
ARREST WHERE ONE OFFICER WAS
SEEN POUNDING A MAN’S HEAD ONTO
THE PAVEMENT.
WE JUST LEARNED THE SUSPECT IN
THE STANDOFF HAD THREATENED TO
KILL POLICE AND HIMSELF SAYING
HE WAS NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO
JAIL.
37-YEAR-OLD WAS IN COURT THIS
MORNING FACING CHARGES OF
RESISTING POLICE AND FAILING TO
REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.
THAT LAST CHARGE IS WHY POLICE
WENT LOOKING FOR HIM YESTERDAY.
A FARM AND SAFETY EXPERT
DESCRIBED THE TAKEDOWN AS
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
AHEAD OF THE POLICE SHOOTING,
THEY SAID HOLD ON WE NEED MORE
INFORMATION.
JIM HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS
ALL DAY.
HE JOINS US LIVE FROM POLICE
HEADQUARTERS.
>> THAT REPORT GAVE US A LOT OF
INFORMATION.
WE KNEW BRITT SAID HE WAS ARMED
IN THE REPORT AND HE TRIED TO
KILL HIMSELF AND POLICE
OFFICERS.
WE KNOW THAT STANDOFF WENT ON
FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AND AN
OFFICER WAS WEARING A BODY
CAMERA.
OUR VIDEO WAS ABLE TO CATCH WHAT
THE CONTROVERSY IS SURROUNDING
THIS AND THE POLICE UNION
ADDRESS BACK TODAY.
>> THIS VIDEO OF THE TAKEDOWN
HAS BEEN VIEWED THOUSANDS OF
TIMES ON WEBSITES AND IT STILL
WAGING MANY QUESTIONS.
THEY WONDER WHY THE OFFICER HAD
TO SLAM HIM WHO WAS ALREADY DOWN
ON THE GROUND, HITTING HIS HEAD
SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE ASPHALT.
TIM JEFFERSON IS A 24 VETERAN.
>> AT THAT POINT WHERE YOU SEE
THE OFFICER JAM HIS HEAD ON THE
ASPHALT THREE TIMES, THAT’S
WHERE THE EXCESSIVE FORCE COMES
IN.
>> THAT HAS THE POLICE UNION
CRYING FOUL.
THEY SAID JEFFERSON JUMP TO
CONCLUSION WITHOUT KNOWING ALL
THE FACTS.
>> YOU CAN’T WATCH A VIDEO
ALONE.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
PRIOR TO THEN.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE
SUSPECT DID OR SAID AND KNOW
WHAT THAT PARTICULAR OFFICER WAS
THINKING AT THAT TIME AND AT
THAT MOMENT AND NOT JUST WATCH A
VIDEO LATER AND SAY THERE WAS
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
KIM JEFFERSON SAID I CALLED IT
LIKE I THOUGHT AND SAID WE
AGREED TO DISAGREE.
HE SAID THE OFFICER IS NOT
ACTUALLY SLAMMING THE SUSPECTS
HEAD TO THE GROUND BUT AN OPEN
PALM SLAP.
>> WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME IS
THAT HE’S DELIVERING SOME SORT
OF PALM STRIKE TO THE FACE.
HIS FACE JUST HAPPENS TO BE BY
THE CONCRETE AND CLEARLY IT HITS
HIM BUT THOSE ARE DISTRACTION
TECHNIQUES TO GET CONTROL OF
THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY’RE DOING
SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN’T BE
DOING.
>> IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS
HIS HAND GOING TOWARD HIS
POCKET.
POLICE REPORTS SAY HE HAD
THREATENED OFFICERS AND SAID HE
HAD A GUN AND WOULD KILL POLICE.
WHEN HE RAN FROM THE HOUSE,
OFFICERS GAVE CHASE AND THEY
TRIED TO TAKE HIM.
>> HE SAID HE WAS ARMED, HE RAN
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET,
LAID DOWN, ORIGINALLY HE LAID
DOWN, HE PUSHED UP AND REACHED
FOR HIS POCKET.
WHAT WAS HE REACHING FOR?
A GUN, A KNIFE?
>> I WAS BACK OUT OF THE SCENE
TRYING TO TALK TO FAMILY MEMBERS
OR OTHERS IN THIS CASE.
ONE FAMILY MEMBER DID CALL ME
BACK A SHORT TIME AGO AND SAID
DON’T EVEN APPROACH THEM
ANYMORE.
WE ARE LIVE DOWNTOWN.
CHANNEL FOUR, YOUR LOCAL
STATION.
>> OF COURSE THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE WILL REVIEW THIS ARREST.
HOW LONG WILL THAT REVIEW TAKE?
>> WHAT WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW
LONG IT WILL BE, IS THAT IT
COULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS.