IN
IN THE
IN THE CROSS FIRE. >>> THE FINAL +@COUNT DOWN TO T
HOME OPENER PREPARING FOR +@
TRAFFIC +@FOR THE BRAVE'S DEBUT
AT SUN TRUST +@PARK.
>>> BUT FIRST, SHOCKING VIDEO
TONIGHT NOW LEADING +@GWINNETT
COUNTY POLICE.
COUNTY POLICE. >> A SECOND VIDEO SURFACED
YESTERDAY SHOWING ANOTHER
OFFICER STOMPING ON THE DRIVERS
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. NOW
HEAD. NOW BOTH OFFICERS ARE OUT OF A
JOB AND POTENTIALLY FACI+@NG
CHARGES.
CHARGES.
CHARGES. >> Reporter: THIS VIDEO IS
SHOCKING, THEY BOTH HAPPENED IN
BROAD +@DAYLIGHT AS MOTORISTS
WERE PASSING BY.
THE CHIEF SAYS WHAT WAS +@CAUGH
ON CELL PHONE VIDEO WAS NOT
ONLY DISTURBING BUT VERY
EMBARRASSING.
EMBARRASSING. >> TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT.
>> IT'S +@OUT, IT'S OUT.
>> Reporter: TWO JAW DROPPING
CELL PHONE VIDEOS SHOWING THE
DISTURBING +@ACTIONS OF TWO +@+@
GWINNETT COUNTY POLICE
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. THE FIRST WENT VIRAL ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
MEDIA. IT
MEDIA. IT SHOWS THE HANDCUFFED DRIVER
ON THE GROUND AND IN HANDCUFFS
HELD DOWN BY ONE OFFICER.
MOMENTS LATER THE SECOND
OFFICER IDENTIFIED AS ROBERT
McDONALD SHOWS UP TO ASSIST
WITH THE ARREST.
McDONALD THEN RUNS UP AND
STOMPS THE +@HELPLESS HAND+@CUF
HOLLIES IN THE HEAD.
>> IT DISTURBED ME AND AS IT
DISTURBED EVERYONE WHO ACTUALLY
WITNESSED THAT VIDEO.
>> Reporter: WITHIN 24 HOURS OF
THAT VIDEO BEING RELEASED,
OFFICER McDONALD WAS FIRED.
DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE THE
CHIEF CALLS McDONALD'S ACTIONS
INEXCUSABLE.
INEXCUSABLE. >> WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT
THE HANDS OF ONE OF MY FORMER
OFFICERS WAS EMBARRASSING NOT
ONLY TO THE GWINNETT COUNTY
POLICE OFFICER BUT TO ALL OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE HOLD OFFICERS T RESPONSIBLE
FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND IN +@LESS
WE HOLD OFFICERS T RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND IN +@LESS@
THAN 24 HOURS +@THE GWINNETT
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HELD
THIS OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR
HIS ACTIONS.
HIS ACTIONS. +@
HIS ACTIONS. >> Reporter: IT SHOWS VETERAN
SERGEANT MICHAEL BONGIOVANNI
PULLING THE DRIVER OUT OF THE
RED CAR.
RED CAR.
RED CAR. AS THE DRIVER STANDS WITH HIS
HANDS RAISED A SIGN OF
SURRENDER THE SERGEANT STEPS
BACK AND PUNCH IT IS DRIVER
WHO'S HANDS REMAIN RAISED.
>> I'M VERY UPSET, MAD, SICK
THAT THE SECOND VIDEO SHOWED
UP.
UP.
UP. >>
UP. >> Reporter: POLICE CHIEF +@SAY
UP. >> Reporter: POLICE CHIEF +@SAY@
OFFICER BONGIOVANNI HELD HIS
ACTIONS FROM THE +@DEPARTMENT.
>> WE'RE+@ HAPPY THAT THE SECON
VIDEO HAS BE+@EN SENT TO US.
WE'VE +@BEEN ABLE TO MOVE SWIFT
AND REMOVED THE OFFICER WHO
FAILED TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE INCIDENT REPORT.
>> Reporter: NOT +@ONLY HAVE
THESE OFFICERS BEEN FIRED +@+@B
THE CHIEF +@ALSO TELLS US THAT
THEY MAY FACE POSSIBLE
PROSECUTION.
PROSECUTION. >> Reporter: AND WE WERE THERE @
AS DEMETRIUS BONDED OUT OF
JAIL.
JAIL.
JAIL. HE
JAIL. HE WAS HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL
TO BE CHECKED OUT.
>>> THEY PLAN TO TAKE +@A LOOK
SERGEANT BONGIOVANNI'S FILE.
BUT HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW.
HIS PERSONNEL FILE INCLUDES
SEVEN INCIDENTS INCLUDED TWO
CONNECTED WITH WEDNESDAY'S
TRAFFIC STOP AND THREE +@USE OF
FORCE INCIDENTS INCLUDING ON
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. WE TRIED TO DIG INTO THE
NATIONAL NUMBERS ABOUT POLICE
BRUTALITY BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO
DO SO AND HERE'S WHY.
THE FBI COUNTS ON THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT +@+@+@TO REPORT POLI
BRUTALITY TO IT.
AND THIS MAP SHOWS ALL THE
REPORTED CASES OF MISCONDUCT
THAT THEY FOUND IN THE YEAR
2015.
2015.
2015. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM
SHOOTINGS, ASSAULTS AND OFFICER
INVOLVED DUI.
INVOLVED DUI. THE CATO +@INSTITUTE SAID THEY
FOUND AT +@LEAST 1,000 POLICE