Ugly situation.

 

Not sure if drugs in the mouth warrant the beating.

 

The woman going down was unfortunate but that's on her. You can't come up on an officer in that situation.

 

The attempt to erase the evidence is really bad.

 

Video Shows Denver Police Tripping Pregnant Woman - The Root

Hmmm, excessive force on the hitting the guy in the head, and it's the lady's fault that she went down. As you said, you NEVER go up on officers like she did.

 

I didn't see the officers go after the camera.

Hmmm' date=' excessive force on the hitting the guy in the head, and it's the lady's fault that she went down. As you said, you NEVER go up on officers like she did. I didn't see the officers go after the camera.[/quote']

 

Did you hear the interview?

Did you hear the interview?

Just waking up and wasn't able to listen too well, only have the iPhone at the moment and no contact lenses in. I'll watch again later. But did the cops go after the camera and is their evidence of that? That is what I was looking for, if it's there

Just waking up and wasn't able to listen too well' date=' only have the iPhone at the moment and no contact lenses in. I'll watch again later. But did the cops go after the camera and is their evidence of that? That is what I was looking for, if it's there[/quote']

 

They took his phone and deleted the video according to the filmer.

Looks like excessive force to me and erasing the video is really bad. Tripping the woman is all on her.

They took his phone and deleted the video according to the filmer.

 

Is them taking the phone on video?

They took his phone and deleted the video according to the filmer.

 

I haven't read any of this but if any police officer takes a video device from anyone and erases it they should be fired, no questions asked.

 

If a video is evidence there is a protocol for preserving the video but never ever ever ever take anything from anyone and destroy it.

 

Not only would I fire the officer I may charge him/her criminally with some type of tampering charge depending on the circumstances.

I don't feel a whole lot of sympathy for the suspect but I do think it was excessive force by the officer. There were 3 of them and they had him on the ground and had a hold of the sock that he was trying to swallow. I don't think any reasonable person could think that he could really swallow the sock, especially with someone holding it. When a child or a dog does something like that you just pinch their nose closed--they'll open their mouth soon enough. To say that he did it because the other officer's arm was under the suspect is pretty silly as well. His arm is pinned so you're going to pound on the object that it is pinned under? As for the woman, that is all on her. They didn't do anything that I saw after they brought her down. She could have posed a threat--pregnant or not. What if she'd have went for one of the officers guns?

 

As for erasing the evidence. IF that is what happened the officers involved should be fired and charged with destroying evidence. That is why I have an app on my phone that not only sends everything to the cloud, it immediately posts it to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube when the recording is stopped.

Did you hear the interview?

 

Ok, after watching the video, there is no evidence that the officers deleted the video, correct? I am not saying he is lying, and I would say that with the report not stating the exact facts of the encounter that the odds are he is not lying, and that the officers didn't think there was any evidence, and you did hear one of them say "camera".

 

BUT, The important thing is the guy still has the video. I always used an app called Qik, not sure if it still works as I haven't used it in awhile. But with Qik you broadcast live as soon as you press record, and it goes out on your free Qik page. As soon as the recording ends there is an archive on your Qik page, and you can also have the archive immediately sent to your FB, Twitter, and/or YouTube pages. So there is no way that evidence can be destroyed. The developer had stuff like this in mind.

 

But as I said before, yes, it is excessive force on the man, and all officers involved should be fired! An officer used excessive force, and the others tried to cover it up. I agree with Guru when he mentioned some type of tampering charges for all as well.

 

At first I said I had no issue with what happened to the lady, as under normal circumstances you never approach an officer like that, and not expect to be handled that way. I do see what she was thinking, her man was being brutally beaten for no good reason, if the man was being beaten like this by anyone other than an officer most people would intervene for a person that they are with at the time. But, again, if you go up on an officer like this, this is expected.

That is why I have an app on my phone that not only sends everything to the cloud, it immediately posts it to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube when the recording is stopped.

What app do you have?

What app do you have?

 

Bambuser. It was what the Qik people recommended using once Qik was discontinued.

Bambuser. It was what the Qik people recommended using once Qik was discontinued.

Ok, maybe it was you who told me about Bambuser about a year ago. I never really used it, I'll have to go in and look and see how to set it up for the auto archiving when recording stops.

Ok, maybe it was you who told me about Bambuser about a year ago. I never really used it, I'll have to go in and look and see how to set it up for the auto archiving when recording stops.

 

I've been stopped twice since I installed it but didn't need to use it either time. I just think it is a good thing to have--not just for police interactions. I honestly would be more likely to use it in interactions with civilians. But I would definitely pull it out in a situation like the one above.

They took his phone and deleted the video according to the filmer.

 

Eh, that's just a small felony of destroying evidence that carries up to 7 years, of which you'll do at least 85% of the time.

 

Sounds like woman broke the law, and so did the cop. Can't be clearer than that.

 

I always wonder how many officers smacking phones out of people's hands and breaking them, deleting footage, etc. know that if they're caught doing so, then they're a felon.