Walton County Dashcam Video Clip

FL: VIDEO SHOWS DEPUTIES JOKE ABOUT KILLING DOG

<pi>This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.</pi>\n\n\n\n--SUPERS--\n:00 - :09 \nAugust 15 \nWalton County, FL \n\n:56 - 1:07 \nJessica Cafini\nHomeowner's Daughter \n\n--LEAD IN--\nONE FLORIDA FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME TO A FIRE... \nAND THEIR DOG TO A DEPUTY'S GUNSHOT. \nNOW, TWO WALTON COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED FOR THEIR CONDUCT AFTER THE DOG WAS KILLED. \nLAURA HUSSEY EXPLAINS.\n--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nTHIS WAS WHAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE FACING ON MIXON ROAD IN MOSSY HEAD ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 15TH. \nTHE PYLANT FAMILY'S HOME WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.\nTHE REPORT FROM WALTON COUNTY FIRE RESCUE SAYS TWO BULLDOGS "REFUSED TO ALLOW ACCESS AND WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE" -- FORCING PERSONNEL TO "TAKE REFUGE" IN THE TRUCK AS THE FIRE RAGED.\nTHEY CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.\nWHEN SERGEANT KYLE HUTTO ARRIVES, THE REPORT SAYS BATTALION CHIEF MIKE GRIGGS "REQUESTED THE DEPUTY PUT THE DOG DOWN, WHICH HE DID WITH A SHOT FROM HIS SERVICE WEAPON." \nTHAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE LANGUAGE USED IN REAL LIFE.\nTHIS IS BODYCAM AUDIO AND DASHCAM VIDEO.\nBattalion Chief Mike Griggs: "Kill that m---------- dog. If you don't shoot him, I'll shoot him." \nSergeant Kyle Hutto: "I got it. (gunshots) Ah you little son of a b----." \nJessica Cafini/Homeowner's Daughter: "I actually cried after I heard that video on my way to work. Dogs should not be shot for barking, and that's what the dashcam showed was the dogs barking." \nTHE BURNING HOME BELONGED TO JESSICA CAFINI'S PARENTS.\nTHESE ARE THE DOGS: BELLA, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED, AND ATHENA, WHO RAN AWAY AND SURVIVED.\nTHE FAMILY SAYS THE PAIN DIDN'T STOP WITH THE GUNSHOTS.\nBODYCAM RECORDINGS CAPTURED A SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION BETWEEN SERGEANT HUTTO AND FIELD TRAINING OFFICER DEPUTY CONNOR GUNN, TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER OFFICER'S REACTION.\n"You killed that f------ dog." \n"Tell her to go over there and drag that sum----- to the woods."\n "There's another one right there if she wants to shoot it." \n "I think I can hit it from here." \nTHEN THEY JOKE ABOUT WHAT THE HOMEOWNER WILL FIND WHEN HE RETURNS.\n"You know what really sucks? This man's gonna f------ come home to see his house burnt down and his f----- dogs are dead, and he's gonna be like g------ Sheriff's Office..." \n"Where's the dead one at?" \n"Right there in the driveway."\n"He's literally gonna pull up and be like my house! My dog!"\n"Ran it over...sorry." \nJessica Cafini/Homeowner's Daughter: "Obviously I'm sad about Bella, but it just makes it worse that these are the people that are supposed to be there to protect and serve. It almost makes me feel that I can't call law enforcement for help when this is who - we don't know if we're going to get a bad cop or a good cop." \nCAFINI SAYS BELLA WAS HER FATHER'S BABY, A GENTLE SOUL.\nSHE HOPES THE FAMILY'S LOSS WILL LEAD TO BETTER TRAINING AND MORE COMPASSION.\nLAURA HUSSEY, WEAR NEWS.\n--TAG--\nTHE WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID WHILE THE SHOOTING FALLS WITHIN THEIR USE OF FORCE STANDARDS, THE DEPUTIES' CONDUCT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE.\nTHEY HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED, BUT THE PUNISHMENT WAS NOT SPECIFIED.\n-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n--KEYWORD TAGS--\nFLORIDA ANIMAL SHOOTING HOUSE FIRE BODYCAM\n

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FAST LANE SHOOTOUT 1997

OFFICER PULLS OVER A DRIVER FOR A SPEEDING STOP AND DRIVER OPENS FIRE ON THE WALTON COUNTY DEPUTY; OFFICER CHASES VEHICLE AT SPEEDS UP TO 90 MPH; AS OFFICER APPROACHES VEHICLE THE TEEN DRIVER (SHAWN ARLANDUS GRAVES) OPENS FIRE - STRIKING OFFICER TWICE IN THE CHEST; BULLET-PROOF VEST SAVES OFFICER'S LIFE; OFFICER THEN RETURNS FIRE SHATTERING REAR WINDSHIELD OF SUSPECT'S CAR; 15 YEAR OLD IN CUSTODY.

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IL: POLICE CHIEF'S USE OF FORCE IN QUESTION

Supers/Fonts: \n\nStory Location: South Roxana\n\nState/Province: Illinois\n\nShot Date: 03/11/2024\n\nURL: https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/03/11/video-raises-questions-about-use-force-by-south-roxana-police-chief/\n\nNotes and Restrictions: \n\nNewsource Notes: \n\nStory Description: \nElements: sound w/Alton Chpt NAACP, dashcam video of incident, gfx police chief response to reporter, sound w/residents, gfx IL statutes, sound w/Alton Chpter NAACP\n\nWire/StoryDescription:\nST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The Alton chapter of the NAACP recently recently received a copy of a police dash-cam video from two years ago. The video appears to show South Roxana Police Chief Bob Coles putting his foot on the neck of a suspect after a high-speed chase.\n\nAbe Barham is with the NAACP in Alton.\n\nThat harkens back to George Floyd, he said.\n\nThe video was recorded in January 2022 during a police pursuit that involved officers from East Alton, Hartford and South Roxanna. The suspect crashed his vehicle at the entrance to Lewis and Clark Park. On the video, the suspect can be seen lying facedown outside the vehicle, with his arms out to his sides.\n\n\nIn the video, Coles is the first officer to approach the suspect. The video appears to show Coles put his right foot on the suspects neck and Coles appears to put weight on his foot. The chiefs foot continues to stay in the same position for 10 seconds until a secibd officer arrives and both handcuff the suspect.\n\nLeon Smallwood-Bey with the Alton Chapter of the NAACP said he was sent the video anonymously.\n\nWhen I saw it for the first time my reaction was I was appalled, I couldnt believe it. I was upset, he said.\n\nColes told First Alert 4 over the phone that the release of the video was politically motivated. He said he believes that it was meant to harm his campaign for the Madison County Board.\n\n\nColes said, I never put my foot on anybodys throat, and added, I put my foot on his upper back area.\n\nFirst Alert 4 showed the video to several South Roxana residents to ask them what they see on the video and whether the chiefs foot appears to be on the suspects back or neck.\n\nHis neck for sure, said Ashley Underwood.\n\nPeter Schultz said, Clearly it looks like the neck.\n\n\nTerry McNeal said the officers foot was on the suspects neck, but he said the use of force was unneccesary because the suspect wasnt resisting arrest.\n\nThats police brutality right there, he said.\n\nIllinois criminal code includes a section on use of force by law enforcement officers. The criminal code effectively outlaws the practice of holding a suspect down by putting a foot on their neck.\n\nA peace officer, or any other person acting under the color of law, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above the shoulders with risk of asphyxiation in the performance of his or her duties, unless deadly force is justified.\n\n\nThe NAACP is asking village officials to discipline Coles.\n\nIm calling on the mayor of South Roxana to dismiss this chief, we want his resignation and we want his certification, said Barham.\n\nThe suspect in the video is 32-year-old Carolos Boles, who was convicted of drug possession and aggravated fleeing from a police officer. Boles is incarcerated at the Sheridan Correctional Center, where he eligible for parole July 20, 2026.\n\nColes pointed out that Boles never filed a complaint, claiming excessive use of force.\n\nMadison County States Attorney Tom Haine sent a statement to First Alert 4 about the video saying, As a general matter, the States Attorneys Office takes allegations relating to use of force very seriously, The statement went on to say, At this time we have received no referral from an investigative agency relating to these allegations.\n\nStation Notes/Scripts:\n\n--SUPERS--\n\n--VIDEO SHOWS--\n\n--VO SCRIPT--\n\n--LEAD IN--\n\n--SOT--\n\n--TAG--\n\n--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nLeon Smallwood-Bey/Alton NAACP\n\n"When I saw it for the first time my reaction was I was appalled, I couldn't believe it. I was upset..\n\n\n\nLEON SMALLWOOD-BEY.. WITH THE ALTON CHAPTER OF THE NAACP.\n\n\n\nHE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS POLICE DASH CAM VIDEO.. RECORDED TWO YEARS AGO FOLLOWING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE.\n\nIT WAS SENT TO SMALLWOOD-BEY TWO WEEKS AGO.\n\n\n\nIT SHOWS THE SUSPECT LYING FACE-DOWN ON THE GRASS WITH HIS ARMS SPREAD OUT TO HIS SIDE.\n\nIT APPEARS TO SHOW SOUTH ROXANA POLICE CHIEF BOB COLES RUNNING UP AND PUTTING HIS FOOT ON THE SUSPECT'S NECK.. FOR TEN SECONDS.\n\n\n\n{FULL SCREEN}\n\nCHIEF COLES TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE THAT HE HAS..\n\n"Never one use-of-force complaint in 30 years."\n\nAND CLAIMS..\n\n"I put my foot on his upper back area."\n\n\n\nI TOOK THE VIDEO INTO THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH ROXANA.\n\n\n\nPeter Schultz/South Roxana resident\n\n{2-shot, watching video} "Oh my gosh\n\n\n\nTO ASK RESIDENTS WHAT THEY SAW WHEN THEY WATCHED IT.\n\n\n\nPeter Schultz/South Roxana resident\n\n{RK asks} "Do you think the officers foot is on the suspect's back or on his neck?" "Clearly it looks like the neck."\n\n\n\nTHAT'S ALSO WHAT ASHLEY UNDERWOOD SAYS SHE SAW...\n\n\n\nAshley Underwood/South Roxana resident\n\n{2-shot, looking at phone} "His neck for sure. (58) That's what it looks like to me.\n\n{DISSOLVE}\n\nAshley Underwood/South Roxana resident\n\n"Oh yeah, 150 percent."\n\n\n\nTERRY MCNEAL CALLS IT POLICE BRUTALITY.\n\n\n\nTerry McNeal/South Roxana resident\n\n{back turned, watch video} "That's just crazy, all that for nothing, he stayed on the ground the whole time."\n\n\n\nCHIEF COLES TOLD ME HE THOUGHT THE VIDEO WAS LEAKED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF POLITICS.\n\nHE'S RUNNING FOR MADISON COUNTY COUNCIL.\n\n\n\n{FULL SCREEN}\n\nBUT Illinois State Statutes ARE CLEAR..\n\n"A peace officer, or any other person acting under the color of law, shall not use a choke hold or restraint above the shoulders with risk of asphyxiation in the performance of his or her duties, unless deadly force is justified."\n\n\n\nAbe Barham/Alton NAACP\n\n"That harkens back to George Floyd."\n\n\n\nABE BARHAM IS ALSO WITH THE ALTON CHAPTER OF THE NAACP.\n\n\n\nAbe Barham/Alton NAACP\n\n"I'm calling on the mayor of South Roxana to dismiss this chief, we want his resignation and we want his certification."\n\n-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n--KEYWORD TAGS--\n

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CRACKDOWN ON DWM 2013

A Bloomfield Township, michigan man who pleaded guilty to driving drunk behind the wheel of a riding lawn mower has been sentenced to 40 days in jail.It was the third operating while intoxicated offense for 47-year-old Navy veteran Roy Walton who was stopped by police as he was riding the mower to Rite Aid last March.Walton blew a 0.10 in a Breathalyzer test and was arrested in the parking lot outside the store at Woodward Ave. and Square Lake. The legal limit in the state is 0.08.The mower was impounded.Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts also sentenced Walton to two years probation and alcohol/drug testing. He’ll have a chance of work release from jail after 30 days.Defense lawyer John Secrest had sought a 30-day suspended sentence, telling Potts that incarceration seemed like a severe penalty for driving a lawn mower.“I think it’s too harsh, you know,” Secrest told reporters following the sentencing on Wednesday.“I think the prosecutors in their discretion could have modified the charges somewhat,” he said. “I’m not saying he’s not at fault for doing something wrong. On the other hand, I don’t think that it warrants a felony.”Walton had been driving a car the first two times he was charged with drunken driving.

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YOUNG GIRL DRINKS BEER IN CRUISER! 2010

Meet Tasha Lee Cantrell. The 19-year-old Floridian was riding in a car early Monday morning when the vehicle's driver was pulled over and arrested for DUI. As a tow truck arrived to remove her friend's car, a stranded Cantrell asked Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Mitchell Landis for a ride home to her Fort Walton Beach residence. Landis agreed, but only after checking Cantrell's purse for any contraband, according to an offense report. While chauffeuring Cantrell, Landis heard the teenager "open a can of some sort" in the back of the cruiser. "As I looked at my in car video I observed Cantrell drinking out of an unknown can." Landis stopped his car and, upon further investigation, determined that Cantrell had popped open a can of Steel Reserve, a malt liquor known for its high alcohol content. "When I opened the rear passenger door I observed Cantrell attempting to hide the can between her legs. I retrieved this can and noticed it was Steel Reserve Beer," reported Landis, who immediately arrested Cantrell for underage drinking. Instead of being shuttled to her doorstep, Cantrell, pictured in the below mug shot, was rerouted to the sheriff's office, where she was booked on the misdemeanor charge.APRIL 9 -- As we reported earlier this week, Tasha Lee Cantrell, 19, was arrested early Monday morning after she made the mistake of popping open a can of malt liquor while seated in the back of a police car. Cantrell, who was being driven to her Fort Walton Beach home by Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Mitchell Landis, had been a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was arrested for DUI. As seen below, video from Landis's cruiser showed the deputy searching Cantrell's bag for contraband before she was allowed into the police vehicle (clip #1) . Somehow, he missed the 24-ounce can of Steel Reserve that Cantrell would later stealthily remove from its zebra-striped enclosure. After sneaking a sip, Cantrell was quickly busted by Landis, who was monitoring his passenger via an onboard camera pointed into the back seat. When Landis stopped the car and opened the passenger door, Cantrell tucked the beer can between her legs (clip #2). After directing Cantrell to step out of the car, Landis arrested her for underage drinking. He then asked, "Why do you think you can drink a beer in the back of a cop car?" The handcuffed woman could only respond, "I have no right answer for you." The video was provided to TSG after Cantrell, pictured in the mug shot at right, entered a no contest plea Tuesday in Circuit Court, where she was ordered to pay court costs and a fine totaling about $500. As Cantrell waited for Landis to bring her in for booking, she apparently noticed the camera recording her musings and sought to obscure its view with a well-placed sandal (clip #3). (1 page)

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