Video shows jailer kneeing, punching handcuffed black man
Source: Associated Press
Updated 7:58 pm CST, Tuesday, February 26, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Authorities released video that shows a Minnesota jail officer punching and kneeing a handcuffed black man who can be heard pleading for his life as other officers restrain him.
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher on Monday released video of the 2016 incident, which happened before his term. In a statement, Fletcher called the video "extremely disturbing," and said he is making changes, including appointing a new detention superintendent to oversee the jail.
"The conduct captured on the video will not be tolerated under my watch," the sheriff said.
Travis VanDeWiele, who is white, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct last month and has resigned. VanDeWiele had been a Ramsey County sheriff's correctional officer since 2014. He has been on paid administrative leave for the last two years.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Video-shows-jailer-kneeing-punching-handcuffed-13646829.php
Travis VanDeWiele, left, who resigned as a Ramsey County sheriff's correctional officer, was charged with assaulting Terrell Johnson, right
Ramsey County jailer accused of excessive force to resign
By Tom Lyden, FOX 9
POSTED FEB 25 2019 03:06PM CST
VIDEO POSTED FEB 25 2019 09:41PM CST
UPDATED FEB 26 2019 11:02AM CST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A corrections officer accused of using excessive force on an inmate in the Ramsey County Jail has reached a settlement agreement that will lead to his formal resignation, without discipline, effective Feb. 28.
Travis Vandewiele has been on paid administrative leave from the Ramsey County Sheriffs Office for the last two years, collecting $121,555 in salary. The settlement agreement will allow him to collect an additional $9,629 in sick and vacation pay.
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YOU AINT SEEN EXCESSIVE FORCE
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A 13-minute video of the incident, obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators, shows Vandewiele delivering two knee strikes and four punches to the abdomen of a handcuffed suspect, Terrell Wilson, 24.
You aint seen excessive force yet, Vandewiele can be heard saying, before delivering the four closed-fist strikes to Wilsons abdomen.
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http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/jailer-accused-of-excessive-force-to-resign#/
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)marble falls
(57,204 posts)pecosbob
(7,543 posts)Beakybird
(3,333 posts)safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)He will never seen that money again, settlements and lawyers.
Mosby
(16,350 posts)I don't think he can.
Why did it take two years to fire him?
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)I keep hearing only a few bad apples.
I call Bullshit !!!
I am so sick of this shit !!!
They all sicken me !!!
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)in the apple barrel.
ROB-ROX
(767 posts)Should be FIRES then in PRISON for ASSAULT. I call this pure un-professionalism and racism because they ATTACKED a person who was handcuffed and black. Only when a group from the HERD is shed will justice be DONE......These same people plan to attack more innocent people because they are CRAZY cops........