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75% of Denver Cops Arent Turning on Body Cams in Use of Force Contacts, This is Why
By Matt Agorist on March 14, 2015
Denver, CO A local news team in Denver has obtained video twice in just one week of officers brutalizing individuals. Both time the officers were disciplined after it was exposed.
The latest cop to be caught using excessive force on an arrestee is officer Chad Sinnema. Sinnema was suspended for a mere four days after using force that could have killed a man back in August.
CBS 4 obtained video from a Denver police department body camera that was rolling Aug. 22, 2014, when officers apprehended a suspect in a domestic violence incident in downtown Denver.
During the arrest, the suspect resisted, according to police, by kicking and pushing at officers. However, that is not seen on video, nor were any of the officers injured. However, it was after he was subdued when Sinnemas use of excessive force came out.
According to Sinnema, his knee was on the back of this mans shoulders when he was holding him down.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/75-denver-cops-turning-body-cams-force-contacts/#l5JRDm6ETbvFRCSK.99
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)The guy really is lucky he wasn't killed, and that's exactly why we need body cameras that can't be turned off by police during their shifts.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Iggo
(47,565 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)If the camera was working when the officer left the station, it should work all day.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i'm not surprised by this.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)"Oh, but what about when they're in hospitals, cops have to protect patients privacy."
(paraphrase from memory)
Iggo
(47,565 posts)And then "What if that video ends up on the internet?"
Like that was the perfect reason not to monitor the police to make sure they aren't murdering people.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)He's a coward. I got your knee right here.