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CRIME AND CRIMINALS: ASSAULT :
POLICE: MISCONDUCT :
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UNITED STATES: CITIES: FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Charges Dropped after Video Shows Cop Using Excessive Force
in Fort Worth Arrest
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Charges Dropped after Video Shows Cop Using Excessive Force
in Fort Worth Arrest
Published time: 26 Jan, 2017 20:49
RT
https://www.rt.com/usa/375216-fort-worth-craig-body-camera/
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Video footage of a racially-charged arrest in Texas shows the police
officer used excessive force and indicates he falsified details of the
incident in his official statement. In response to the leak, the charges
against Jacqueline Craig were dropped.
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Through what he called a trusted source, Lee Merritt, Craig's attorney,
obtained police body camera footage of the December 21 arrest. The arrest
occurred after Craig called police to report that a neighbor had assaulted
her young son.
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Video of the arrest captured by Craig's 19-year-old daughter was
immediately posted on Facebook Live and went viral. The newly released
video from the arresting cop's bodycam shows him kicking Craig's 15
year-old daughter.
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Merritt's previous requests of the Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) for
that video had gone unfulfilled. In addition, Merritt accessed FWPD
documents related to the arrest. The video and documentation were given to
various news outlets including The Root, which released the materials
early Thursday.
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In response to the leak, Fort Worth authorities have dropped all charges
against Craig and her 19-year-old daughter, Brea Hymond. The city also
announced that the neighbor, Itamar Vardi, will be charged with a Class C
misdemeanor assault charge, punishable by up to one year in jail and a
$4,000 fine, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Merritt had previously
called for the neighbor to be charged with felony assault.
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Craig, a 46-year-old black woman, and two of her daughters were arrested
on December 21 after she called police to report that a neighbor had
grabbed her 7-year-old son by the neck for littering.
Officer William Martin, a 36-year-old white officer, responded to the call
and proceeded to escalate tensions at the scene, focusing on Craig's
parenting and not the neighbor. When Craig's 15-year-old daughter
attempted to step between a heated Craig and Martin, the officer sprung
into action, pointing a Taser at Craig and aggressively arresting her and
two of her daughters.
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Craig and Brea Hymond were charged with resisting arrest, interference
with a "peace" officer and failure to provide identification. The
15-year-old daughter was not charged with a crime.
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Hymond had recorded the arrest of Craig and Craig's 15-year-old daughter
before she, too, was arrested.
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The footage from Martin's body camera complements the recording of the
arrest taken by Hymond. The newly released footage shows that Martin
kicked the handcuffed 15-year-old daughter as he was placing her in his
police vehicle. It also shows that Martin used excessive force on a
handcuffed Brea Hymond to compel her to give him her name.
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Martin's statement to FWPD's Internal Affairs unit is included in the
police documentation obtained by Merritt. In the statement, Martin said
that the neighbor, a white male, admitted to grabbing the boy by his neck.
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Martin, who was only suspended ten days for his behavior, added in the
statement that despite the neighbor's admission, he did not believe
Craig's version of events, saying her "account of 'choking' may have been
exaggerated."
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