JEANS JEANS I SAY. >>> TONIGHT DEFENDER EXCLUSIVE. VIOLENT VIDEO FROM A POLICE
OFFICER’S BODY CAM.
>> IN FACT POLICE GONE BAD
INVOLVING 13-YEAR-OLD BOY
HANDCUFFED IN THE BACK SEAT OF
A POLICE CAR.
IT HAPPENED IN A CITY MOST OF
US REALLY KNOW FOR THE COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY BUT TONIGHT IS
GETTING ATTENTION FOR THE
ACTIONS OF ONE OF THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
LOCAL 4 DEFENDER BEGINS HIS
INVESTIGATION TONIGHT.
WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU THE
VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS
DISTURBING.
>> WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BUT
IMPORTANT TO WATCH.
VIDEO SHOWS A 13-YEAR-OLD
TEENAGER WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES BEING PUNCHED AND PEPPER
SPRAYED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
13-YEAR-OLD IS HANDCUFFED WITH
HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK WHEN
THE OFFICER STARTS SWINGING.
>> SOMEBODY HELP.
>> TERRIFYING SOUND.
PLEASE.
>> MANUFACTURE YOUR FEET.
>>Reporter: TEENAGER FEARFUL
SCREAMS.
SCREAMS. >> I’M NOT PLAYING WITH YOU.
GET IN THE CAR. >>Reporter: DESPERATE PLEA FOR
HELP.
>> LET ME GO.
[ SCREAMING].
>> TERRIFYING SIGHT.
[ SCREAMING].
>> FIST PUP F PUMMELING A
13-YEAR-OLD.
>> GET IN THE CAR.
GET IN THE CAR.
>> PUNCHES.
COMING FROM A POLICE OFFICER.
>> GET YOUR FEET IN THE CAR.
YOU ARE NOT STAYING OUT.
>> RECIPIENT OF THE BLOW.
13-YEAR-OLD WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
13-YEAR-OLD WITH HIS HANDS
HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK.
TERRIFYING SIGHT.
7 BLOW CAPTURED ON CAMERA.
FULL SWING WHILE HIS HANDS ARE
HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK.
THE PUNCHES DON’T WORK, THE
OFFICER TURNS TO PEPPER SPRAY.
>> YOU ARE NOT STAYING OUT GET
YOUR FEET IN THE CAR. STOP SPITTING ON ME.
OKAY.
OKAY. >>Reporter: 13-YEAR-OLD BOY IS
BLACK. THE POLICE OFFICER IS WHITE.
>> IT’S NOT FAIR YOU DO IT TO
ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE.
>>Reporter: POLICE RUN ENDED
BADLY BUT SO MUCH MORE TO THE
STORY.
STORY ABOUT POLICE HAVING TO GO
ON MORE AND MORE MEDICAL HEALTH
RUN WHILE POLICE INTERACT WITH
PATIENTS NOT CRIMINALS.
THIS CALL STARTED WITH GRANDMA
CALLING 911.
GRANDSON WAS BEING UNRULY.
HIDING THE CAR KEY.
THROWING PILLOWS.
AND HE HAD A PEN IN HIS HAND.
POLICE HANDCUFFED HIM AND PUT
HIM IN THE SQUAD CAR.
>> HANDCUFFS STAY IN THE BACK.
>> THAT’S THE WAY THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE.
PALM OUT.
>>Reporter: EVERYTHING WAS
PRETTY MUCH UNDER CONTROL.
>> COME ON MAN.
PLEASE OFFICER.
>> MY HANDS ARE TIED RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT THE LAW
TELLS ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
>>Reporter: HE HAD BEEN TO THE
HOUSE MANY TIMES.
>> WE TALKED HOW LONG TODAY?
TWICE?
TWICE? >>Reporter: THEY KNOW EACH
OTHER BY NAME. >> STOP MAKING EXCUSES.
WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR
CONSEQUENCES NOW.
CONSEQUENCES NOW. >>Reporter: OFFICER SAYS HE’S
AWARE OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
[ QUIET TALKING].
>> HAS NIGHT I SAW A LOT OF
MENTAL ISSUES.
>>Reporter: POLICE DEALING
WITH MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS IS
ALWAYS CHALLENGE EGGING.
UNPREDICTABLE.
IN THIS CASE IT ESCALATES AS
THE OFFICER AND SOCIAL WORKER
DEBATE THE NEXT MOVE FOR MORE
THAN 15 MINUTES.
>> [ CRYING] PLEASE.
HELP ME. >>Reporter: WHEN HE HITS THE
POINT OF NO URN ARE, POLICE
PREPARE TO TAKE HIM TO JUVENILE
DETENTION.
>> GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE.
I’LL DO ANYTHING.
I WILL EVEN I’LL EVEN CLEAN UP
I’LL EVEN CLEAN UP THE POLICE
CAR FOR YOU GUYS. I’LL DO
ANYTHING. I’LL DO ANYTHING.
MOST. NO.
>>Reporter: HE’S UNHAPPY.
STARTS BANG HIS HEAD AGAINST
THE WINDOW.
OFFICER OPENS THE DOOR TO STOP
HIM, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.
>> STOP BANGING.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU ARE NOT GETTING OUT.
>> PLEASE HELP.
>> GET IN THE CAR.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>Reporter: HE REFS TO PUT HIS
HIS FEET BACK I THE CAR. POLICE INSIST THAT HE DOES.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO GET HURT IF
YOU DON’T STOP.
>> HELP ME HELP ME SOMEBODY
HELP.
>> GET IN THE CAR.
>> PLEASE.
>> GET YOUR FEET.
>> IT HURTS.
>> GET YOUR FEET IN THE CAR AND
STOP KICKING ME.
>>Reporter: HE K CK AND SPIT.
>> STOP SPITTING ON ME.
>> OKAY [ SCREAMING.
>>Reporter: BACK UP THE CALL
BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVE THE FIGHT IS OVER.
OFFICER COLLINS GETTING THE
PETS OF THE HANDCUFFED
13-YEAR-OLD.
TERRIFYING SIGHT.
>> GET IN THE CAR.
>> GET IN THE CAR. >>Reporter: ONLY ONE PERSON IN
THIS VIDEO WAS CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
THE 13-YEAR-OLD TEENAGER.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH RESISTING
AND OBSTRUCTION AND HAS BEEN IN
JUVENILE LOCK UP SINCE THE
NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT MORE THAN
5 MONTHS AGO.
THE POLICE OFFICER THROWING THE
PUNCHES WAS FIRED.
PROSECUTORS REVIEWED THE CASE
AND DID NOT ISSUE ANY CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
HOW DISTHE COMMUNITY FEEL ABOUT
ALL THIS.
HOW ABOUT THE BOY’S FAMILY.
ALL THE QUESTIONS WILL BE
ANSWERED AS OUR INDEPTH
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
TOMORROW ON HOTEL 4 NEWS AT
5:00.
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