Brent Jen Shelton police say on
December 29th they got an anonymous
call from someone worried about
another person's well-being.
The caller stated that they
got a text message from that
person with a code for help.
The caller explained to police that
the person is in a domestic situation.
Shelton police released 2 body
camera videos from what followed
and again we do want to warn you,
you may find it disturbing.
Officers arrive to a home and faint
arguing can be heard through the door.
When officers knock on the door,
a man identified as Gordon
Cole answers the door.
For about 10 minutes,
officers tried to get him to
come talk to them outside as they
explained why they were called to
the home and that they're concerned
about the other person safety.
At one point,
it does appear that an officer
pushes cold towards the door.
There does appear to be another adult
and children in the home at the time.
Eventually,
officers tell Cole they believe that
he's violating a protective order
and attempt to take him into custody.
About 20 minutes after officers arrived,
things begin to escalate when officers
tried to place Cole and handcuffs.
Tough.
Stop. Stop insisting.
Officers get him out of the home and into
a police cruiser a few minutes later.
Black Lives Matter 86-O is among
the groups who are calling for that
body camera footage to be released.
The vice president of the group says
they wanted transparency and they
are concerned about some of the
things they saw in those videos.
We had concerns because Mr.
Cole, if he did need to be restrained,
was restrained into a pliable couch
that did impede his breathing rather
than being taken down to the floor,
which might be customary.
Cole is facing several
charges for the incident,
including interfering with an officer,
risk of injury to a child and seven
counts of violating a protective
order in the breaking NEWS
CENTER Gabby Molina, Fox 61 news.