I-TEAM INVESTIGATION OF NOW
CONTROVERSIAL TRAFFIC STOP SEEN
VIDEO.
AHEAD AT JACKSONVILLE POLICE
UNION NOW ACCUSE
UNION NOW ACCUSING 0TWO CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF ABUSE OF
POWER AND FLATLY DENIES THAT
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS
PULLED OVER BECAUSE HE IS
BLACK.
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF
RACIAL PROFILING LIKE
COUNCILWOMAN BROWN IS CLAIMING.
ALLEGES OF RACIAL PROFILING
MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN KATRINA
BROWN QUOTE DISGUSTING.
>> THIS ALL STEMS FROM TRAFFIC
STOP WEEK AGO TODAY RECORDED ON
VIDEO WITH A POLICE BODY
CAMERA. VIDEO OBTAINED
EXCLUSIVELY BY THE I-TEAM.
JIM JONES US FROM THE NEWSROOM
WITH ALL TODAY DEVELOPMENT.
>>Reporter: I SAT DOWN WITH
THE HEAD OF THE POLICE UNION
AND WE WATCHED THIS VIDEO.
WATCHED IT CLOSELY.
SAID HE WAS DISGUSTED BY THE
ACTION OF THE COUNCILWOMAN.
STEVE HAD SEEN A REPORT ON THE
BODY CAMERA.
TODAY HE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW
THE ENTIRE VIDEO.
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF
RACIAL PROFILING LIKE
COUNCILWOMAN BROWN IS CLAIMING.
IT'S DISGUSTING.
BENEATH HER POSITION AS CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER AND I SAID IT
BEFORE I'LL SAY IT AGAIN,
TUESDAY NIGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE
STAYED IN HER SEAT AND
APOLOGIZE TO THOSE POLICE
OFFICERS AND THEY REMAIN A
WOMAN THAT PUTS ON UNIFORM HERE
SAID.
BECOMING PART OF THE PROBLEM
HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
>>Reporter: HE WANTS TO
SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTIO
SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TAKE
ACTION.
FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE
INTEGRITY UNIT TO LOOK AT THE
CONDUCT OF THE TWO COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR WHAT HE SAYS IS AN
ABUSE OF POWER.
HE ALSO BELIEVES IT SHOULD LOOK
INTO COUNCILMAN FOR REPORTING
ON HIS CAR.
WATCH AS OFFICERS QUESTION THE
COUNCILMAN ABOUT THAT DURING
THE STOP A WEEK AGO.
VIDEO BLUR BECAUSE IT'S
RECORDED OFF A MONITOR.
>> HAS YOUR TAG BEEN MISSING OR
>> I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
I DON'T HONESTLY.
IT PROBABLY WAS.
>>Reporter: KOUBS MEMBER BROWN
PULLS UP AFTER THE STOP AND
FROM HER CAR INTERCEDE AND
ACCUSES THE OFFICERS OF RACIAL
PROFILING.
>> WE ARE RIVRD TO STAY BUSY
AND BE DRIVING I CAN TELL YOU
RIGHT NOW ALL THE GUYS ON MY
SQUAD ARE PROFESSIONALS BUT YOU
MAKE WHATEVER CALL YOU NEED TO
MAKE.
I'M HAVING ONE CONVERSATION
WITH YOU AND I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT
SHE SAID AT THAT TIME BECAUSE
WHEN I PULLED IN YOU TURNED TO
ME AND SAID WE ARE SCARED WHEN
YOU WHITE COPS DRIVE IN HERE.
NO.
MOST BIGOTED THINGS I EV
HEARD.
>> DON'T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT.
>> I'M REPEATI.
>> DIDN'T TALK TO HER LIKE THA
THAT.
I TELL YOU RESPECT MY OFFICERS.
>>Reporter: TRIED TALKING TO
BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY.
BROWN WAS NOT HOME AND THE
OTHER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
ALTHOUGH HE DID TALK TO US BY
PHONE ON FRIDAY.
>> I WAS CITY COUNCIL PERSON
JUST GOT OUT OF A MEETING AND I
FELT LIKE I WAS INTIMIDATED BY
TWO POLICE COMING UP TO ME
TALKING ABOUT I'M DRIVING WITH
A STOLEN CAR.
I FELT LIKE A CRIMINAL AT THAT
TIME.
THAT I DD SOMETHING WRONG AND I
KNEW I HADN'T DONE FIGURE WRON
KNEW I HADN'T DONE FIGURE
>> WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE WAS
A WHITE AND BLACK OFFICER AT
THAT INITIAL STOP.
WE REQUESTED TO SEE THE TICKET
WHEN THE OFFICIAL VIDEO CAME
OUT AND WE ARE WORKING TO DO
THAT AT THIS POINT.
WE ALSO HAVE REQUESTED TO SEE
THIS OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
NOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
RIGHT NOW ISN'T COMMENTING ON
THIS BUT THEY ARE CONDUCTING
THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION.
IN FACT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING
HOW WE ACTUALLY ARE OBTAINED
THIS VIDEO AT THIS POINT.
TO COME FROM ALL OF THIS.