WE’RE LIVE IN ATLANTA. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ERIK SANDOVAL GETTING RESULTS NEWS
6. BACK TO YOU. ERIC, THANK
YOU. WITHIN HOURS OF THE
RELEASED TO THE MEDIA AND THE
PUBLIC.
>> THIS BODY CAM VIDEO WHICH
INCLUDED THE MOMENT OFFICER
RAYNOR WAS SHOT LAST NIGHT.
NOW WE CHOSE NOT TO AIR THE
ENTIRE CLIP WHICH SHOWS THE
SECONDS THAT THE OFFICER WAS
SHOT.
>> LISA: BUT TODAY AFTER
CAREFUL CONSIDERATION IN DEEP
DISCUSSION IN OUR NEWSROOM AND
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND
THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE DECIDED
IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW YOU IN
ITS SO IN OUR NEW DIGITAL
SHOW, SOLUTIONARIES
INVESTIGATOR LOUIS BOLDEN HAS
BEEN FOCUSING ON THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
HE JOINS US NOW TO WALK US
THROUGH THE SECONDS THAT
CHANGED THIS OFFICER’S LIFE
AND WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE RISK OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FACE
EVERY SINGLE DAY. LEWIS.
>> OUR NEWSROOM HAS BEEN
FOCUSING ON POLICING FOR THE
PAST YEAR AND INTENSELY FOR
THE LAST 4 MONTHS ON
SOLUTIONARIES EVERY TIME
THERE’S AN INCIDENT WITH AN
OFFICER AND A SUSPECT. WE
ANALYZE IT THOROUGHLY BEFORE
MAKING THE DECISION TO AIR IT
TONIGHT. TROOPER STEVE
MONTIERO AND I WANT TO SHOW
YOU WHAT THIS OFFICER WAS UP
AGAINST HIM. I HAVE TO WARN
YOU, THIS IS DIFFICULT TO
WATCH.
>> AS POLICE CONTINUE
SEARCHING FOR OPEL WALLACE WHO
THEY SAY SHOT A 26 YEAR-OLD
DAYTONA BEACH. POLICE OFFICER.
>> DAYTONA BEACH POLICE
QUICKLY RELEASED THE BODY
CAMERA FOOTAGE THE IS TRAGIC.
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S IT SHOWS
SOMETHING THAT WE DON’T SEE.
>> REALLY MUCH EVER NEWS 6
INITIALLY STOPPED THIS VIDEO
JUST BEFORE THE OFFICER IS
SHOT. BUT WE STRIVE FOR
TRANSPARENCY SO IT SPARKED A
DISCUSSION IN OUR DO YOU
BELIEVE THE PUBLIC SHOULD SEE
THAT VIDEO IN ITS ENTIRETY.
YES. WHY OVER THE PAST YEAR WE
HAVE SEEN SO MANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ENCOUNTERS.
>> THAT HAVE KIND OF MOTIVATED
FOR REFORM AND THOSE VIDEOS
WERE GRAPHIC. AND THIS IS THE
STUFF. THAT IS A CAUGHT. YOU
FEAR. AND I THINK SHOWING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO THE
COMMUNITY. CAN CREATE A MUTUAL
RESPECT WHENEVER THERE IS
VIDEO LIKE THIS. MY CONCERN IS
ALWAYS THE FAMILY. THE THE
FAMILY SEEING THIS VIDEO OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. I KNOW THAT MY
FAMILY.
>> IF THIS WAS ME.
>> WOULD WANT THAT OUT THERE
TROOPER STEVE BELIEVES THE
VIDEO GIVES THE PUBLIC AN UP
CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT OFFICERS
ARE UP AGAINST EVERY DAY. I
WATCH THE VIDEO IN ITS
ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME
WITH HIM. 11 DAYS AFTER NORMAL
QUESTIONS THE ENTIRE EXCHANGE
BETWEEN OFFICER JASON RAYNER
AND OVER WHILE IT IS 29
SECONDS. THIS WE DECIDED TO
SHOW THE VIDEO IN ITS ENTIRETY
TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW FAST IT
HAPPENED. FIRST, THERE’S A
VERBAL EXCHANGE SAID DELIVERY
US. THEN THERE APPEARS TO BE A
SCUFFLE. AND IN MIDDLE OF
FAIRLY HEAR THE
>> WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO
SEE IT. I THINK THERE IS A
PERSPECTIVE THAT WE DON’T SEE.
WE SEE A 3RD CAMERA ALL THE
TIME. A CELL PHONE VIDEO. THIS
IS A ONE ON ONE INTERACTION
TAKING PLACE WITH TO HUMAN
BEINGS.
>> ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
LAW AND THE OTHER ONE ON THE
BAD SIDE AND IN LESS THAN 30
SECONDS EVERYBODY’S LIFE HAS
CHANGED DAYTONA BEACH. POLICE
CHIEF JAKARI YOUNG WEIGHED IN
AS WELL. IF WE DIDN’T WANT IT
OUT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE
RELEASED IT.
>> I REALIZE IT WAS GRAPHIC,
BUT I WANTED TO I WANTED TO
MAKE AN IMPACT. WE NEEDED IT
TO MAKE THE IMPACT THAT IT
MADE. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS
OUR GOAL IN RELEASING THAT
THAT FOOTAGE BECAUSE I STILL
BELIEVE AND HIS COUNTRY. THE
GOOD OUTWEIGHS THE BAD AND THE
GOOD HEARTED FOLKS THAT SEE A
VIDEO LIKE THAT. IF THEY HAVE
ANY INFORMATION THAT RIGHT
THERE. WE’LL GET THEM SPEAK
UP.
>> YOU HEARD THE CHIEF. HE PUT
THAT VIDEO OUT FOR A PURPOSE.
IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE
IT AND POSSIBLY GENERATE
LEADS. IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION WALLACE CONTACT