So... here's what happened... About 30 minutes ago, I was in the minivan with the wife and kids on 34th st. at Shepherd. An HPD car diving southbound on Shepherd turned on his lights behind a white sedan. The white sedan kept driving slowly. We turned right on Shepherd. The sedan came to a near-stop in front of Gabby's and a passenger (black male) jumped out of the car. He didn't run away, he just stood by the road. The white sedan did not stop and continued southbound down Shepherd with the police car behind him. The sedan continue to drive slowly, not pulling over for the police. Twice, the sedan seemed to lurch - I think the police car bumped him. We continued to slowly drive down Shepherd behind them, trying to give them plenty of space. Soon, two additional police cars came zooming up to provide backup. When they rounded the curve at 11th, we momentarily lost sight of the sedan. When we were able to see 11th, the sedan had wiped out and had spun around, possibly hitting another police car. We pulled over into the parking lot of a convenience store nearby to get out of the road and give them space. The police drew down on the car as you'd expect, yelling at the driver to exit the car. He didn't (at least.. not by his own power). HPD then proceeded to break the windows with batons. They were able to get him out of the car and on his feet (I couldn't tell if they opened the car door or pulled him out of the window). The guy (black male) was bleeding. About four policemen surrounded him trying to secure his hands and get him to the ground. He resisted the police and tried hard to break free. The police proceeded to beat him with batons in attempts to subdue him. Soon, he went to the ground, screaming. The police promptly stopped beating him and were able to get him secured and cuffed. THE POLICE DID NOT USE EXCESSIVE FORCE. The suspect did not pull over for the police. The suspect would not exit his car. The suspect resisted arrest from the officers. Although the police did use physical force to control the suspect, in my opinion, it was not excessive - they did what they needed to do to secure the suspect and the scene. ..AND I GOT ALL THE ACTION ON VIDEO I want to put the video online, but I'm concerned that the media will get it, splice it up, and make it look like the police were out of line. They weren't.
I can image the news stations getting the video, clipping it up and showing only the part where police beat him, and then splashing the headline "we have video of HPD police beating a suspect"
You're an idiot for following a police chase with your wife and kids. Thank god no shots were fired, or anything worse.
for the last couple of months, there was always some protest at City Hall about that kid that got his ass kicked by HPD.
I love that line. For some reason I was expecting..."and my mom got scared She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'" Seriously though, I don't know If I could post it. I would want to but would be hesitant for the same reasons you are. Now If I thought they were being excessive I diffidently would.
I'm thinking about putting profanity watermarks across the video to prevent the news from using it. Thoughts?
I was wondering if there was a way to copyright a home video. I guess water marks would be good because that would then send people to the full video if it was chopped up. Can those be removed?
Nah, contact the news/media, tell them you've received an offer from another channel and you're willing to give them a chance to top it. Might as well make some money from it. If you see it on TV being blown out of proportion, you could always testify in court. Pugs
I gotta say.. I wouldn't sell the video just to make a few bucks if I knew it might be used out of context to bash those policemen. Those guys were heroes.
I guess it depends what your definition of "a few bucks" is I totally understand, and respect, where you're coming from though, and don't/won't blame you one bit. Pugs
IMO, you should post it and turn it over for evidence. The policemen may need it to defend their actions and it should be out there for public record. How long is it?
