75% of Denver Cops Aren’t Turning on Body Cams in Use of Force Contacts, This is Why

[Judi Lynn]

75% of Denver Cops Aren’t 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 Sinnema’s use of excessive force came out.

According to Sinnema, his knee was on the back of this man’s 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]

1. Shoulders? That knee is on the back of the guy's neck.

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]

2. Only way to get compliance is, "No picture No pay."

[Iggo]

4. I'm good with that.

[BrotherIvan]

5. No footage = instant termination

If the camera was working when the officer left the station, it should work all day.

[fizzgig]

3. sounds like dpd

i'm not surprised by this.

[Trillo]

6. That's why we told you officers shouldn't be allowed to turn them on and off.

"Oh, but what about when they're in hospitals, cops have to protect patients privacy."
(paraphrase from memory)

[Iggo]

9. My favorite was "What if some woman's boob pops out in a scuffle with the cops?"

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]

7. I have one thing to say. Fuck that prick. He's no cop.

He's a coward. I got your knee right here.

[Iggo]

10. He is a cop. That's how they do.

[mountain grammy]

8. There must be consequences. Let's get serious.