Whitey Ford
08-01-2022, 02:19 PM
Georgia authorities release body camera footage after woman dies following fall from patrol car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTmDELRQaE
Georgia authorities released body camera footage Friday of an incident from earlier this month where a mother experiencing what her family called a mental health crisis died due to a fatal injury while in police custody.
Brianna Grier, 28, was experiencing a mental health episode on July 15 when her mother called police to assist with the matter, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference Friday.
Crump, who is representing the Grier family, said Grier had a history of mental health crises and the family had called police several times in the past.
Crump said Hancock County Sheriff's deputies came into the home, handcuffed Grier and placed her in the back of a patrol car to take her into custody for allegedly resisting arrest.
In body camera video released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Grier asks deputies to give her a breathalyzer test and repeatedly tells officers she is not drunk. According to a time stamp on the video, Grier was placed in the patrol car shortly before 1 a.m. on July 15.
Grier then yells to officers saying she's going to hang herself if she is placed in the car. They proceed to place her in handcuffs and attempt to place her in a squad car but when she resists further, an officer is seen unholstering his taser.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/us/georgia-brianna-grier-body-camera-footage-reaj/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTmDELRQaE
Georgia authorities released body camera footage Friday of an incident from earlier this month where a mother experiencing what her family called a mental health crisis died due to a fatal injury while in police custody.
Brianna Grier, 28, was experiencing a mental health episode on July 15 when her mother called police to assist with the matter, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference Friday.
Crump, who is representing the Grier family, said Grier had a history of mental health crises and the family had called police several times in the past.
Crump said Hancock County Sheriff's deputies came into the home, handcuffed Grier and placed her in the back of a patrol car to take her into custody for allegedly resisting arrest.
In body camera video released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Grier asks deputies to give her a breathalyzer test and repeatedly tells officers she is not drunk. According to a time stamp on the video, Grier was placed in the patrol car shortly before 1 a.m. on July 15.
Grier then yells to officers saying she's going to hang herself if she is placed in the car. They proceed to place her in handcuffs and attempt to place her in a squad car but when she resists further, an officer is seen unholstering his taser.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/us/georgia-brianna-grier-body-camera-footage-reaj/index.html