{"id":23138,"date":"2016-05-04T21:25:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T04:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=23138"},"modified":"2016-05-04T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T04:31:10","slug":"video-virginia-police-launch-investigation-video-shows-cops-threatening-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=23138","title":{"rendered":"Virginia police launch investigation after video shows cops threatening witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY)<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Portsmouth police are investigating a controversial cell phone video that\u2019s circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0video was shot Saturday around 3 p.m. at the London Oaks Apartment Complex and runs about 3 1\/2 minutes. It shows\u00a0a man in handcuffs on the ground and two officers standing over him. Then you can hear people surrounding the officers berating them, yelling and cursing and claiming the officers beat the man.<\/p>\n<p>27-year-old Tiara Bailey recorded the video. She said, \u201cIt was this commotion because he was on top of the man punching him, punching him and the other one was beating him and after they beat him they tased him and they maced him so they did all this while he was handcuffed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the video, both officers tell the crowd to move back,\u00a0but the other things they said is what\u2019s causing concern. About one minute into the video, you see an officer pointing a baton at the woman who was recording on her cell phone.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Officer #1 said: \u201cLeave now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woman: \u201cWe live out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officer #1: \u201cOk, I\u2019ll get your address and get you evicted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woman: \u201cBecause we\u2019re standing here recording you?<\/p>\n<p>Officer #1 \u201cYou\u2019re being disorderly (inaudible).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A minute after this part of the recording, another officer addresses the crowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Officer #2: \u201cEverybody out here needs to disperse. Get the f*** back into your apartment. This is an unlawful assembly get back to your apartment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Portsmouth Police are investigating the video, so we have blurred the officer\u2019s faces.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey had been visiting family that day and she was headed home when she started recording.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey said after she stopping recording the second video, an officer called her to a patrol car, asked for her phone and deleted the first clip she recorded. According to her, that clip showed police attacking a man.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full video of the Portsmouth police incident:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he got my phone and got it back from me he just let me go,\u201d Bailey said. When I looked at my phone he had deleted the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey and Portsmouth NAACP president James Boyd watched the video again at the WAVY studios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just cursed us out like we were dogs,\u201d Bailey said.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd told WAVY.com he believes this video shows a First Amendment violation. \u201cThis was a situation where people were exercising their First Amendment rights. Clearly they weren\u2019t impeding any law enforcement procedures at all, and they fell victim to an aggressive style of law enforcement. That was totally an abuse of power,\u201d said Boyd.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lintvwavy.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/naacp_respect-of-first-amendment-rights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NAACP releases statement on Portsmouth Police incident<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boyd said he wants a thorough investigation. \u201cThis open-ended we\u2019re investigating is not good enough. The community wants transparency. When these things happen let\u2019s not hide. Let\u2019s be open. Let\u2019s be fair. If we really want to get to a place where law enforcement can have a true relationship, when these things happen come out with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>10 On Your Side reached out to Portsmouth Police with several questions about the incident. No one would talk on camera, but late Monday afternoon we got responses to our questions from Police Chief Tonya Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>Through\u00a0email 10 On Your Side\u2019s Brandi Cummings asked: What day\/time was this video taken? Where was it taken?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> This video appears to have been taken on Saturday, April 30, 2016.\u00a0 The time was approximately 4:30 p.m. and it appears to have been taken in the 1100 block of Virginia Avenue [London Oaks Apartments].<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings<\/em>: When did Portsmouth PD first learn about the video? Who alerted you?<br \/>\n<em>Chief<\/em>: We received this information through Facebook over the weekend.\u00a0 We will not be identifying who alerted the Police Department to this video.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> What is the chief\u2019s reaction to the video?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> After being alerted to the video, Police Chief Chapman immediately opened an internal investigation into the incident that was captured on the Facebook video.\u00a0 We are reserving any further comment on this matter until we have fully investigated the incident.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_303046\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lintvwavy.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/marquis-d-granger.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-303046\" src=\"https:\/\/lintvwavy.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/marquis-d-granger.jpg?w=271&amp;h=339\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Portsmouth Police\" width=\"271\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquis D. Granger. Photo Courtesy: Portsmouth Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> What is the name and age of the person in handcuffs? Was he arrested? What is he charged with?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> Marquis D. Granger was arrested on two outstanding warrants and as a result of the incident with officers, he was also charged with Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (x2), Attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, Give false information to Law Enforcement to evade arrest,\u00a0 Obstruction of Justice, Resisting Arrest, and Trespassing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> People near the scene say officers pulled that man from a car and started beating him. Did this happen?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> All of our officers are required to wear and activate their body cameras on duty and when working any part-time or overtime assignments where they are exercising their police powers.\u00a0 Therefore, the entire contact with the suspect would have been captured on body worn camera.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> What led up to the man being put in handcuffs?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> The information you are requesting is part of an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> How many total officers are involved?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> Two officers were working at the apartment complex at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> What are the names of the three officers who address the woman in the video? How many years have they been on the force? Have they ever been involved in any other disciplinary matters?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> We will not be releasing the names of the officers involved in this incident at this time.\u00a0 All disciplinary matters involving any employee with the City of Portsmouth is part of their personnel file and therefore will not be released.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> Where are the officers involved now? (on leave, administrative duty, fired?)<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> Both officers remain on full duty.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> How many body cameras have been pulled for review as part of this investigation?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> All body camera footage has been pulled from every officer who was at or responded to the scene of the incident.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> Who will be investigating this situation? (internal, external, State police?)<br \/>\n<em>Chief<\/em>: The Portsmouth Police Department Professional Standards Unit will be conducting an administrative investigation into this video.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> One officer tells people in the video that they are \u201cUnlawfully assembling\u201d is that true based on this video?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> \u00a7 18.2-406. What constitutes an unlawful assembly; punishment.<br \/>\nWhenever three or more persons assembled share the common intent to advance some lawful or unlawful purpose by the commission of an act or acts of unlawful force or violence likely to jeopardize seriously public safety, peace or order, and the assembly actually tends to inspire persons of ordinary courage with well-grounded fear of serious and immediate breaches of public safety, peace or order, then such assembly is an unlawful assembly. Every person who participates in any unlawful assembly shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If any such person carried, at the time of his participation in an unlawful assembly, any firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/p>\n<p><em>Cummings:<\/em> How close are citizens allowed to get to a police situation without being considered \u201cinterfering\u201d? Were citizens interfering in this process based on this video?<br \/>\n<em>Chief:<\/em> It is advisable for all citizens to stand a safe distance from police officers who are taking someone into custody for their safety, the safety of the officer and anyone else involved.\u00a0 We cannot give an exact distance as to what is safe as that would depend on numerous factors.\u00a0\u00a0 At this time this incident is under investigation and no further comment will be made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTSMOUTH, Va. 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