Norfolk Police say Videotapes of Jefferson Beating are OFF limits to the Public
Thursday, September 2, 2004 at 05:35PM
TheSpook

13News got to watch the dash cam videotape of a man who died after being taken into police custody in Norfolk. It's not being shown to the public because, according to the city attorney, it's considered a personnel file and they don't want to show the last minutes of Kenny Jefferson's life on TV. While we can't show images from the tape of the August 14 incident, we can tell you what we saw: -several officers cuffing Jefferson's hands behind his back. -He's kicking his legs in the video. -Officers cuff his ankles together and bind his ankles to his wrists. -Jefferson is moved from his stomach to his back while police check for weapons. -At one point, an officer checked for his pulse, monitored him and began CPR. NAACP president John Wesley Hill watched the tape as well. He wants to see other tapes rolling from other police cars that day. This tape didn't show Jefferson getting pepper sprayed. Signed affidavits from some witnesses on Chesapeake Boulevard say they saw Jefferson's hands and legs cuffed together in a hog tied position. There are several other tapes from officer's cars during this arrest. When we asked to see the other tapes, the city attorney said they don't show anything. [more ]
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