TRANSIT, THE MAN WAS INTOXICATED AT THE TIME.
>>> ONLY ON 2 TONIGHT, IT WAS AN
ARREST THAT WENT SO WRONG, THAT
TWO LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS ARE
OUT OF A JOB.
THEY’VE BEEN LOCKED UP,
CONVICTED OF FELONIES.
>> YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IT RIGHT
HERE RIGHT NOW.
CHANNEL 2 INVESTIGATOR
JOEL EISENBAUM HAS THE VIDEO AND
THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE
MAN WHO WAS TARTED.
-- TARGETED.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪ >> Reporter: JUST NORTH OF
CONROE, IN WILLIS, A SMALL TOWN
WITH A COUNTRY FEEL.
[YELLING]
[YELLING] >> Reporter: A HEATED FAMILY
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT. >> WHAT I DO?
>> WALK AWAY.
>> WHAT DID I DO --
>> Reporter: RAN OFF THE RAILS
IN A MOST UNEXPECTED WAY.
>> TRAUMATIZING BECAUSE IT’S
SOMETHING THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET
IN MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: TWO OF THE THREE
POLICE OFFICERSO RESPONDED TO
THIS JULY 2017 DISTURBANCE CALL
ARE NOW FRESHLY CONVICTED
FELONS, SERVING TIME BEHIND
BARS, BUT DOES THE PROBLEM GO
BEYOND THEM?
BEYOND THEM? WHAT ABOUT THE COMES UP HERE?
>> [BLEEP] THEM.
>> I’M THE SON OF A POLICE
OFFICER.
OFFICER. AND I KNOW GOOD CONTINUE WHEN I
SEE THEM.
SEE THEM. -- GOOD COPS WHEN I SEE THEM
AND BAD COPS WHEN I SEE THEM.
>> WHAT CALLED WHO, WHAT?
WHO CAUGHT WHO, [BLEEP], HUH.
PLASHES.
PLASHES. >> Reporter: THAT
PROFANITY-LACED TIRADE DIRECTED
AT SUSPECT KEDRIC KIZZIE WAS NOT
WHAT GOT OFFICER JOHN
McCAFFREY CONVICTED OF A
FELONY.
FELONY. WHAT HUNG HIM UP WAS LYING ABOUT
THE CHAIN OF EVENTS.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST LIE?
>> WE TOLD THEM TO STOP.
WE GAVE THEY WILL MULTIPLE TIMES
TO COMPLY.
TO COMPLY. >> Reporter: POLICE REPORTS
SIGNED BY BOTH OFFICER
McCAFFREY AND OFFICER KENNETH
ELMORE PAINT A PICTURE OF A MAN
WHO KNEW HE WAS UNDER ARREST AND
THEN DECIDED TO RUN.
>> NOBODY IS GONNA CHASE YOU.
WE WANT YOU TO LEAVE.
>> WHAT?
>> WHAT? YOU KNOW THAT, WHITE?
JA THERE’S NO QUESTION KIZY
TAUNTS THE OFFICERS, BUT AT NO
POINT DO THE OFFICERS TELL HIM
HE’S UNDER ARREST.
THEY’VE JUST TOLD HIM THE
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE. >> I SEEN THEM HUDDLE UP AND I
DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.
THEY GOT BACK IN THEIR CARS AND
I THOUGHT THEY HAD ANOTHER CALL.
>> IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I’M NOT GONNA CHASE HIM ON FOOT.
I DON’T NEED TO CHASE HIM.
MY CAR WILL CHASE HIM.
THEY’LL PICK HIM UP.
HE’S PISSING ME OFF.
>> Reporter: SUDDENLY THE CHASE
IS ON AND KIZZIE CAN SON VINCEED
THE OFFICERS ARE OUT -- ARE ARE
CONVINCED THE OFFICERS ARE OUT
TO KILLHAM.
TO KILLHAM. TACTORRING A MAN HE WAS --
>> Reporter: TARGETING A MAN HE
WAS NEVER UNDER ARREST AND HAD A
LEGAL RIGHT TO BE ON THE STREET.
>> I’VE NEVER HEARD THAT TERM
BEFORE, BUT IT CAME OUT OF THEIR
MOUTH SO EASY IT LEFT NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND OR THE JURY’S MIND
WAS NOT ONLY THIS AN EXPRESSION
HUGHESED BEFORE BUT WAS A
COMMON -- USED BEFORE BUT WAS A
COMMON PRACTICE.
COMMON PRACTICE. >> Reporter: THEY WERE JUST
CONVICTED OF TAMPERING WITH A
GOVERNMENT RECORD, FOR
FALSIFYING POLICE REPORTS ABOUT
THE INCIDENT.
THE INCIDENT. THEY WERE SENTENCED TO A YEAR
BEHIND BARS, AND CANNOT BE
POLICE OFFICERS AGAIN IN TEXAS.
THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST KIZZIE
WAS DROPPED.
WAS DROPPED. HE’S NOW SUING THE CITY AND THE
OFFICERS IN FEDERAL COURT,
CLAIMING THEY VIOLATED HIS CIVIL
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. >> HE IS NOT IN.
>> Reporter: BUT WE STILL HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR WILLIS POLICE
CHIEF JAMES NO WRACK, WHO TOLD
US VIA EMAIL HE’S NOT READY TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE
OF PENDING LITIGATION.
HE TESTIFIED HIS OFFICERS DID
NOTHING CRIMINAL, DID NOT
VIOLATE POLICY, AND HE’S
DECLINED AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTNER WITH THE D.A. TO EXAMINE
DEPARTMENT PROTOCOL.
DEPARTMENT PROTOCOL. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME
CLEAR TRAINING ISSUES THAT I’VE
NOT BEEN PRESENTED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
>> Reporter: DO YOU STILL LIVE
HERE?
HERE? >> NO, SIR.
>> Reporter: WHY NOT?
>> BECAUSE I’M FRIGHTENED TO
COME DOWN HERE.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING USED AS
TARGET PRACTICE.
TARGET PRACTICE. >> Reporter: THE THIRD OFFICER
INVOLVED IN KEDRIC KIZZIE’S
ARREST WAS NOT CHARGED WITH A
CRIME AND REMAINS ON DUTY.
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