OFFICIALS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA ARE BEING INVESTIGATED THROUGH
AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SHOWS THEM
USING EXCESSIVE FORCE ON COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
THIS HAPPENED AFTER A NOISE COMPLAINT WAS CALLED INTO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE CANíT ACTUALLY THE FULL VIDEO
BECAUSE IT IS TOO LONG, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE IT STARTS,
"THE VIDEO SHOWS AN OFFICER TALKING TO THOSE INSIDE THE
APARTMENT AT THE FRONT DOOR, AND THOSE INSIDE REFUSED TO EXIT THE
APARTMENT.
THE STUDENTS QUESTIONED WHETHER THEY ARE
BEING ARRESTED OR DETAINED, AND WHETHER THE OFFICERS WERE WITHIN
THEIR RIGHTS TO SEARCH THE APARTMENT."
THE COPS REFUSED TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, WOULDNíT TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE WAS
GETTING DETAINED OR ARRESTED, OR WHAT WOULD THEY GET ARRESTED
FOR.
REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST OVER A NOISE COMPLAINT.
IT HAPPENED
IN THREE IN THE MORNING, AND IT ESCALATED TO THIS.
WARNING, IT'S
GRAPHIC.
STOP!
HOLY SHIT.
CALM DOWN, OKAY.
SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!
HEY, EVERYBODY JUST CALM DOWN.
WE HAVE THIS ALL ON VIDEO.
I DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
I GOT THIS ALL ON VIDEO, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
MAKES ME
THINK THAT BODY CAMS WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE COPS PERSPECTIVE, THEY ARE GOING IN
AT 3 AM, THE NEIGHBORS CAN'T SLEEP, THE KIDS AREN'T LISTENING
TO WHAT THE COPS ARE SAYING.
IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION.
NOW THAT WE HAVE SAID THAT, YOU DON'T NEED TO USE MAXIMUM
FORCE IN EVERY INSTANCE.
IT'S A NOISE COMPLAINT.
YEAH, I KNOW, I'M WITH YOU, I WANT THEM TO SHUT UP, AND I
WANT YOU TO HAVE THE POWER TO TELL THEM TO CUT IT OUT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO KICK THE CRAP OUT OF THEM AND TREAT
THEM LIKE THEY ARE PABLO ESCOBAR.
WHAT WAS WITH KNOCKING THE DOOR DOWN, TASERING THEM IMMEDIATELY?
USING THEIR BATONS.
YOU ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL COPS ON
EACH STUDENT.
THREE STUDENTS WERE ARRESTED.
YOU ALREADY HAVE
THEM ON THE GROUND, SEVERAL COPS ON THEM, YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP
BEATING THEM UP.
IT IS BECAUSE
THESE STUDENTS HAD THE AUDACITY TO QUESTION WHY THE COPS WERE
TRYING TO DETAIN OR ARREST THEM.
HEREíS THE THING, PEOPLE WANT
ANSWERS.
IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE DETAINED OR ARRESTED, LET THEM
KNOW, THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE
LAW.
BY THE WAY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR
BREAKING A NOISE VIOLATION.
IN THE OLD DAYS THEY WOULD GIVE
PEOPLE CITATIONS.
THERE IS A REASONABLE WAY TO DO THIS.
YOU SAY, THESE ARE THE
CITATION COSTS ñ I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE, LET'S MAKE UP
A NUMBER, $500 ñ DO YOU WANT A $500 CITATION?
I'M GOING TO NEED
YOUR ID, AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME YOUR ID WHILE I'M TRYING TO GIVE
YOU A CITATION, I'M GOING TO DETAIN YOU.
WHATEVER THE NORMAL
PROCEDURE IS.
BUT THAT IS NOT
HOW THEY ARE TRAINED.
THEY ARE TRAINED, THE BIGGEST CRIME IN
AMERICA IS DISRESPECTING A POLICE OFFICER.
IF THEY DON'T
FOLLOW YOUR ORDERS, IMMEDIATELY BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THEM.
SHOW THEM WHOíS IN CHARGE.
DON'T BELIEVE ME?
GO WATCH POLICE TRAINING.
THE THEORY BEHIND IT IS, YOU
WILL GET ANARCHY AND CHAOS IF
YOU ARE TRYING TO SOFT-PEDAL IT.
YOU HAVE TO USE A STERN VOICE
AND GET THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
DOES THAT LOOK IN CONTROL TO YOU?
THEY FORGOT THE ORIGINAL THEORY.
NOW ITíS, DON'T DISRESPECT ME.
I'M GONNA TASER YOU, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHO IS BOSS.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IN ALL THE POLICE VIDEOS.
ANOTHER THING HERE, IF YOU ARE A WHITE PERSON WHO IS SEEING
ALL OF THESE INSTANCES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND YOU THINK YOU ARE
SAFE BECAUSE IT IS ONLY BLACK THUGS WHO GET TARGETED, YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
THOSE ARE WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN
ALABAMA.
DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU
ARE, WHEN YOU GIVE POLICE OFFICERS A PASS FOR THIS TYPE OF
MENTALITY AND BEHAVIOR, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT EVERYONE.