Police officials said in a statement that they began receiving videos of the incident "almost immediately" after it took place just before noon on Saturday. According to police, McGrier was approached by officers working on a crime-suppression initiative and asked to provide identification. Police said the situation "escalated" when he refused to show ID. McGrier was placed under arrest but not charged with any crime. He was released from custody to be taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Tuggle said he has "zero tolerance" for the officer's behavior. The state attorney was also contacted, Tuggle said. Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations.
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh also reacted to the video on Twitter, writing: "I have seen the very disturbing video of an encounter between a Baltimore City police officer and Baltimore City resident and have demanded answers and accountability. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? MORE: Police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter of unarmed man.
Comments 0. In one case cited in the report, a black man in his mids was stopped 30 times by police in just four years. In the weeks ahead, federal and city officials will hammer out the details of a consent decree, a formal and legally binding agreement on various police reforms. New technology will be implemented to help supervisors monitor officer activity, and officers will be offered more support to ensure that they are equipped to perform their jobs effectively. And community policing strategies will guide all aspects of the departments operations and help rebuild the frayed relationship between police and the people they serve.
In entering this agreement with the federal government, Baltimore joins a list of cities — including Cleveland and Ferguson, Missouri — now publicly and legally reckoning with the reality of a two-pronged monster that has gobbled up countless poor, black and brown people across the country: A police system that grinds away at their constitutional rights and in some cases their lives and a culture that supports and maintains it. Cleveland and Ferguson are currently under consent decrees.
And in Chicago, reeling from scandal after scandal involving police-involved killings, a number of which have been captured on video tape, the Justice Department is currently engaged in a sweeping civil rights investigation of the department. This has been the culture forever. This has been the mentality of the police. IE 11 is not supported. The story is told with the aid of several harrowing anecdotes. But Baltimore had no guidance on use.
The man had to be taken to the emergency room afterward, and two officers were also injured. In another case, an officer choked a suspect who he believed was trying to swallow bags of drugs that were evidence:. Police seem to often endanger themselves. In one case, an officer pursued a man whom he believed fled when he saw police.
The officer believed the man was carrying a weapon based on the way he ran, and chased the suspect into a home. The officer eventually tased the man twice.
Indeed, this report appears to indicate the officer felt he was justified in tasing an individual—a high level of force—for this reason. One man was stopped without reason, detained without basis, and had to be taken to a hospital. He was not charged with any crime. Nonetheless, the report notes,. The department repeatedly engaged in improper strip searches, the report finds. In one incident, a woman was pulled over by two officers, one male and one female.
She was instructed to strip. In fact, the officers found no wrongdoing, and the woman was released without being charged. The officer filed no charges against the teenager in the second incident, which the teenager believes was done in retaliation for filing a complaint about the first strip search.
Officers evinced an appalling attitude toward alleged victims of sexual assaults, the report found, based on conversations with victims and advocates, as well as documents. Officers engaged in victim-blaming and tried to discourage pressing of charges. Why have these practices been allowed to flourish within the department?
One potential explanation is that Baltimore has effectively cut off any route for the airing of grievances, either from the public or from inside. Officers who might serve as whistleblowers are discouraged from doing so by the threat of retaliation. Several officers who had complained told the DOJ they believed they had been targeted. One especially egregious case is worth reporting in detail. A detective felt two officers had used excessive force. The detective faced significant retaliation for exposing this misconduct.
In November , the detective found a dead rat on his car with its head severed under his wiper blades. The man eventually moved to a different agency, and the department settled a lawsuit in But his experience had a chilling effect in other cases:. In one case, an officer in a specialized drug unit observed one of his fellow officers plant drugs on a suspect after a foot chase.
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