>> Jason: IT’S DIFFICULT TO WATCH, A "DEFENDERS" SPECIAL
VIDEO SHOWING A 13-YEAR-OLD
SPECIAL NEEDS TEEN BEING BEATEN
AND PERRER-SPRAYED.
AND PERRER-SPRAYED. AND WHY THE OFFICER DID NOT FACE
CHARGES.
CHARGES. AN AL BEAN POLICE OFFICERS
REPEATEDLY PUNCHING THE
13-YEAR-OLD WITH MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
ISSUES. >> Karen: HE WAS NOT CHARGED
WITH A CRIME AND MANY ARE ASKING
WHY AND WANT TO KNOW IF POLICE
ARE PROPERLY TRIEND HANDLE
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
MORE ON THE EXCLUSIVE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> Kevin: THIS IS A DIFFICULT
STORY TO WATCH AND THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY IS TALKING ABOUT IT,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. TYLER COLLINS IS THE POLICE
OFFICER IN THE VIDEO.
HE WAS PUT ON LEAVE IMMEDIATELY
WHILE THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
CONDUCTED AN INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION AND TURNED OVER TO
THE CALHOUN COUNTY PROSECUTOR.
THEY DID NOT FIND EVIDENCE THAT
A CRIME WAS COMMITTED, BUT THE
OFFICER WAS FIRED BECAUSE THE
POLICE CHIEF THERE SAID HE
VIOLATED DEPARTMENT POLICIES.
>> GIMMEE ONE MORE CHANCE, I’LL
DO ANYTHING!
DO ANYTHING! >> Kevin: A TROUBLING POLICE
VIDEO RAISING SERIOUS QUESTIONS.
>> STOP BANGING, ALL RIGHT?
YOU’RE NOT GETTING OUT?
GET IN THE CAR.
>> NO!
>> NO! >> Kevin: IT SHOWS THE POLICE
OFFICER PUNCHING 13-YEAR-OLD
DAVEON WHO SUFFERS FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS AND WHOSE HANDS ARE
HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK.
>> GET IN THE CAR!
>> THE ATTORNEY FOR DAVEON SAYS
THAT DAVEON SHOULD BE TREATED
LIKE A PATIENT, NOT A PRISONER.
DO YOU SEE ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR
PUNCHING A 13-YEAR-OLD IN
HANDCUFFS?
HANDCUFFS? >> NOT AT ALL.
>> Kevin: HE IS OBVIOUSLY
RESISTING ARREST AND POSES A
THREAT TO HIMSELF AND THE
OFFICER.
OFFICER. THE BEST THING IS TO CALL FOR
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. ONE FOR EACH LEG AND ARM, ONE
FOR THE HEAD AND ONE TO DIRECT
COMMANDS N THIS CASE, TWO
OFFICERS HANDLED IT ON THEIR
OWN.
OWN. OFFICER COLLINS USING PUNCHES
AND PEPPER SPRAY ON THE TEEN TO
GET HIM BACK IN THE CAR.
>> GET YOUR FEET IN THE CAR AND
HE IS SPITTING ON ME!
>> THEY SHOULDN’T BE DOING THAT.
>> Kevin: AL BEAN IS A SMALL
TOWN TO THE WEST OF DETROIT AND
8,000 PEOPLE LIVE HERE.
EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED FIVE
MONTHS AGO, THE PUBLIC DOESN’T
SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT IT, NOTHING
IN THE LOCAL PAPERS.
THE VIDEO NEVER RELEASED.
WE SHOWED RESIDENTS THE VIDEO
THE "DEFENDERS" OBTAINED.
>> ALL THAT WAS UNNECESSARY.
>> AS LONG AS THEY’RE
HANDCUFFED, I DON’T THINK THEY
SHOULD BE BEATING HIM.
>> Kevin: THE OFFICER WAS NOT
CHARGED.
CHARGED. >> IF HE’S HANDICAPPED, WHY ARE
THEY CHARGING HIM?
>> THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED.
THEY’RE NOT, BUT THEY SHOULD.
>> Kevin: THE FIRST PUBLIC
STATEMENT CONFIRMING THE OFFICER
WAS FIRED FOR VIOLATING
DEPARTMENT POLICIES.
DEPARTMENT POLICIES. THE STATEMENT SAYS THE INCIDENT
WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE AND TURNED OVER TO
THE CALHOUN COUNTY PROSECUTOR.
NO CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST
THE OFFICER.
THE OFFICER. >> WE HAVE A COUPLE POLICE
OFFICERS, ONE IN PARTICULAR,
TREVOR COLLINS, WHO GOT
FRUSTRATED.
FRUSTRATED. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
TRAINING THEY HAD.
MY GUESS IS THEY HAD ZERO
TRAINING.
TRAINING. >> GET IN THE CAR!
>> Kevin: THE AL BEAN POLICE
CHIEF SAID FOUR OF HIS OFFICERS
ARE IN TRAINING THIS WEEK TO
LEARN NEW STRATEGIES FOR
RESPONDING TO MENTAL HEALTH RUNS
AND OFFICER COLLINS WAS ONE OF
FOUR OFFICERS WHO DID RECEIVE
THE TRAINING.
THE TRAINING. THE TEEN WAS SENTENCED TO 12
MONTHS PROBATION FOR RESISTING
ARREST.
ARREST. >> Jason: YOU DO SEE THE
FRUSTRATION.
FRUSTRATION. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
THEY’VE BEEN CALLED OUT TO DEAL
WITH DAVEON?
WITH DAVEON? >> A LOT.
>> A LOT. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
38 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS.
AND 6 TIMES, THEY’VE HAD TO
BRING HIM IN UNDER ARREST.
SO THEY SAY HE’S BECOMING
INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE IN THE
LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR. WE’LL LOOK AT THIS.
WE TALKED WITH MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS AS OUR INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES AS WELL AS THE
GRANDMA, AND SHE TALKS ABOUT
WHAT IT’S LIKE TRYING TO BRING
HIM UP IN THE HOME AND THE
INTERACTION WITH POLICE.
>> Karen: AND THE FACT THEY WERE