Cobb County police respond to arrest that led to 2 officers being fired
For the first time, Cobb County police are responding to an arrest that ended with two officers losing their jobs. Cobb Public Safety Director Mike Register sat down with Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne and told him that a supervisor was spot-checking body camera video last year and found a troubling video from one arrest.
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Fired just means they're moving to another police precinct so they can do it all over, again.
@annb2045
2 ай бұрын
It happens all the time, horrible but true.
@anwarnayani5849
2 ай бұрын
Shame
@qwertyuio449
2 ай бұрын
Pretty much.
@AttackOnSociety
2 ай бұрын
@@annb2045 The usual suspects are horrible.
@mikewhitman578
2 ай бұрын
Well God is tired of giving paid vacation
They used excessive force for no reason! Must be charged with assault and battery and violation of his civil rights.
@TheHolyGhost777
2 ай бұрын
They use excessive for all the time for no reason... Just because they can. Then they charge YOU with resisting in order to cover their butts.
@badge764
2 ай бұрын
The usual uniformed suspects at it again..finally fired , now needing charged and sentences handed out. Decertification in order as well to keep the lying shitbirds out of dealing with the public. Big breach of public trust.
@turtletruth
2 ай бұрын
NO POLICE encounter ever benefits the taxpayer! FIRED OFFICERS are transferred and re-hired! Taxpayers implore for Public National and State REGISTRY of FIRED HEROES! The absence of A "NATIONAL REGISTRY" is prearranged disdain against taxpayers! USMC (Semper Fidelis) SGT E-5 (5811)
@fsoiberg
2 ай бұрын
What PD are they working for now?
@JecoryFranks-ro6pg
2 ай бұрын
Lawyer up.. major lawsuit ✊🏿🤦🏿♂️
Only difference between a cop and a criminal is qualified immunity.
@dragonfighter01
2 ай бұрын
Those two people are ex-cop now, so they don't have qualified immunity anymore.
@garyowen9044
2 ай бұрын
@@dragonfighter01 I’ll bet they won’t be “Ex” cops for very long. They’ll both be hired as sworn officers of the law somewhere very soon.
@planeandsimplexplained
Ай бұрын
Unfortunately Qualified Immunity carry’s over unless a Judge deems they are in gross violation of their duties. End Qualified Immunity
@garyowen9044
Ай бұрын
@@dragonfighter01 “ex” only in that department. They’ll be cops in a department two counties over.
@beaversixniner
Ай бұрын
The cop lied in his interview everyone that saw it on the video. They should be charged with beating that man
They should be arrested for assault
@TheMostHighDaughter180
Ай бұрын
HELL YES!!!
@98f5
Ай бұрын
It was battery after the assault.
@hsplash8243
23 күн бұрын
But you won't arrest cops that shot innocent unarmed citizens
The fact this surfaced due to a random review of body cams tells you all you need to know about this department.
@cymeriandesigns
2 ай бұрын
It tells me that they don't just assume everything is hunky-dory unless somebody complains and actually will do audits and take action when they find a problem. That's a good thing.
@maxxcarver5502
2 ай бұрын
@@cymeriandesignsNo. They should review all the body cams where there's violence involved!! automatically
@fredwarsaw5782
2 ай бұрын
@@maxxcarver5502 agreed. And the review of these "where there's violence involved" should be done by an independent group.
@iMatti00
2 ай бұрын
@@maxxcarver5502- I don’t know, with departments all across the country so short for manpower I don’t know that having someone watch body camera footage is really the best use of resources.
@Joseph-qh5xv
2 ай бұрын
You ever been to Atlanta.tou don't have a clue what goes on there
They brutally attack someone and all they get is fired? Anyone in the general public would be facing criminal charges.
@Poppagee69
2 ай бұрын
Lying on a report is a federal crime but the underboss prosecutors and crime boss judges are the main problem ignoring laying the charges . 18 U.S. Code § 1001
@jerrscott6373
2 ай бұрын
Your 99th thumbs up!
@Mikevdog
2 ай бұрын
They were fired for lying, not the beating
@redleg.0
2 ай бұрын
This report is outdated. The terminations were rescinded and they were allowed to resign.
@silenceisgoldn
2 ай бұрын
They said their actions are being reviewed for possible charges. Maybe that review is finished, idk. But, it was to be looked at in order to determine whether or not they were going to be brought up on charges. The guy throwing punches was way the hell outta line. The other guy filed an untruthful report... now, he cannot be trusted.
Termination? They need to be arrested for assault
No charges equals no justice.
@m.d.maxwell1594
Ай бұрын
No conviction,no justice!
@climber950
Ай бұрын
Dirty DA and dirty cops. Cops can be charged and arrested without a grand jury indictment.
@Whosdaman682
Ай бұрын
The DA needs to be voted out !
Why didn't the police chief arrest and charge the cops for the felonies that they committed? Trash.
@Lincoln_Gi
2 ай бұрын
So that they can find work at a different police department.
@DJ-Everyday
2 ай бұрын
The Chief actually did the right thing. He turned the case over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) an independent agency instead of leaving it to his own Internal Affairs. Though it did look as if Internal Affairs agreed with his assessment. The GBI turned their findings over to a grand jury which hopefully one of the officers is indicted.
@mitchy2311
2 ай бұрын
Do you really want the police to investigate themselves and clear the cops like usual? Or a grand jury of their peers to rule? We all know the history of police investigating themselves
@DJ-Everyday
2 ай бұрын
@@mitchy2311 For the most part I agree with you. The GBI is considered any outside agency. The same agency that investigated the Ahmaud Arbery case and arrested his murders after local agency wouldn't. A grand jury is made up of civilians not of their peers.
@Beethechange1
2 ай бұрын
@@DJ-Everydayindependent ?🤣🤣GBI are still blue line 👮🏻👮🏻👮🏻
Dude was already on the ground. He wasn't resisting. They should have assault charges for this.
He was already giving up to the police by laying on the ground so what was the purpose of striking him. They should be fired and charged with assault
@aliceinwonderland887
Ай бұрын
Grand jury is on it and a grand jury is more likely to charge.
These officers should not only be fired, but a lawsuit should be filed.
@fredmeade3529
16 күн бұрын
True
What do you expect from a criminal gang that “investigates” themselves!
@Mac_The_Rat
2 ай бұрын
I mean, this came up from an internal investigation. Supervisor was spot-checking footage. Yall hate all cops, even the ones trying to hold them accountable.
@RobertO-vu4xb
2 ай бұрын
Like the Israelis
@AA-BB
2 ай бұрын
But they didn’t
@sprice2719
2 ай бұрын
Well, they investigated themselves and found their officers were wrong. But once the investigation did its job correctly.
@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
2 ай бұрын
@@RobertO-vu4xbof course, since they are trained by them.
They should start removing police cert when they get fired.
Without body cameras we would never know about this incident
The fact officers in that DEPT think those officers should not have been fired is scary that dept is scary as hell.
The Police Cartel will find them jobs in a different department.
@eallen1996
2 ай бұрын
Everything
@pennybourban3712
2 ай бұрын
We need a national data base.
@c-mobucks4930
2 ай бұрын
B.S. that happens if they resign in lieu of termination but if they are fired it will be extremely difficult for them to get on with another department in Georgia.
@johnpaulwebb3440
2 ай бұрын
@@c-mobucks4930 Florida and Arizona loves that kind of cop
@rlbk525
2 ай бұрын
@@c-mobucks4930It’s bs that you actually believe that fired cops have difficulty finding a new job! 🤦♂️ 😂 There’s news reports practically every week of fired cops moving on to new departments with relative ease. 🤷♂️
It's consistent with assault! Charge him! To the full extent of the law. Camera would suggest a jury of his peers would find him guilty.
@misseselise3864
2 ай бұрын
they’re taking it to a grand jury, which means a group of our peers (non cops) will determine whether there is enough evidence to press criminal charges against one or both men. but i have really would not be surprised if it doesn’t happen considering how fucked up cobb county is
Show me a cop I’ll show you a criminal .
The guy complied and still got beat. So to the people who are always saying a person should've complied need to look at this video. The fact that these cops lied about what they did even though it's on their cameras makes you hate the police more and more. Also those people who felt that these officers shouldn't have been fired is just as sick as those two police officers who beat that kid. And they're still trying to charge that kid.
@aliceinwonderland887
Ай бұрын
They're criminals who like having power over citizens. This is why we vote for democracy where the rule of law matters.
Law enforcement in this country is totally out of control. So embarrassed to be a resident of the Metro Area.
We the People need protection from our own public servants.
@misurefiney1
2 ай бұрын
Say it. We the People need protection from the police.
@christophernuckolls9964
2 ай бұрын
That is the primary reason the Second Amendment exists.
@afghanivvhite3106
2 ай бұрын
They don't serve the public they serve the law makers
@chavitacanta008
2 ай бұрын
@@afghanivvhite3106 They serve themselves !
@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
2 ай бұрын
@@christophernuckolls9964to bad 99.9% of us are cowards.
The cop sitting in the office all day that found this footage. That’s a good job and a good officer.
@aliceinwonderland887
Ай бұрын
Heard that kudos to him. Good cop. Give him extra donuts. Lol
The fact that some members of the department didn't support the termination speaks volumes about the culture of the department. They should've been fired, charged, and stripped of their certifications.
@tonyott1377
9 күн бұрын
There is NO SUCH THING AS A "GOOD" COP!!!
The fact that other officers in the department didn't agree with the officers being terminated for Assault and Battery and Perjury tells you all you need to know about the morals and ethics of the majority of cops.
@rnordquest
2 ай бұрын
And those are the “good” cops.
@user-zd9qm7ci2t
2 ай бұрын
They are part of the problem with back to blue till your black and blue.
Why didn't they charge the cop.
@emjay2045
2 ай бұрын
Because they’re in on it. The police union will arbitrate & get these thugs in blue their badges back with back pay
Assault, kidnapping, lying (perjury), no charges? no jail time? Just fired & probably moved to another department. No justice for the victim and no promise of "serve & protect" for other citizens. Police reform is required & essential.
I would bet money that those 2 will just go get hired at another law enforcement office somewhere. NO ACCOUNTABILITY!!!
@aliceinwonderland887
Ай бұрын
I would like to see all of the residents of a town join in and sue their city for hiring bad police and endangering the citizens at the hands of sicko criminal cops.
Those officers LIE ON REPORTS; everyone they’ve arrested should be released; everyone they’ve ticketed should have their money returned and driving record corrected!!!
@sickoftheshit
2 ай бұрын
It's quite comment n for the police to lie in order to justify themselves. Sad but true.
@Brian-pz3wh
2 ай бұрын
nice little foray into fantasy land.
@fsoiberg
2 ай бұрын
What PD are they working for now?
@kenhawkins1033
2 ай бұрын
Lying is considered a virtue in modern law enforcement.
@youropionmattersnot
2 ай бұрын
@@kenhawkins1033it's also a virtue of criminals and most people on the planet. Do you have any other revelations?
I hope he files a lawsuit for that assault.
@tbolton6156
2 ай бұрын
You best believe the young fella is about to get paid. 💰
@user-xx4nm3mz4p
2 ай бұрын
He’s probably still sitting in jail.
@logicalcritik2144
2 ай бұрын
@@user-xx4nm3mz4p those dirty cops should be sitting in jail!
@tazz-ng5uk
2 ай бұрын
Only on cops not department
@user-xx4nm3mz4p
2 ай бұрын
@@logicalcritik2144 yup!
"Quit resisting"! Anytine this bogus phrase is uttered, this should be grounds for automatic review of body cameras.
How do you know if he had a firearm? An anonymous call?
Holy crap. What other cops in the department thought those cops should Not have been fired? They should be in jail. Those other cops should also be fired.
@ct5625
2 ай бұрын
Exactly. Any cop who thinks these guys should still be cops should have been fired already, they are broadcasting their intent to be corrupt and this destroys public faith in that department. Now everyone in the community is wondering who among their police department would excuse this brutality. If I were a citizen there I would not be able to trust anyone in uniform.
@AA-BB
2 ай бұрын
Yeah. Thought crime.
@aliceinwonderland887
Ай бұрын
@@AA-BB No they used words and words express values and they should not be cops. Are you a boot licker? Hate blacks and minorities right?
I bet a few more "random reviews" in every precinct would uncover a lot more dirt than the public could imagine.
Good for the supervisor for finding this, and good for the chief for firing both officers.
Fired and yet no official charges. I wonder why that is? 😶 Typical!
No amount of training can turn an evil person into a good one.
Those who thought these two thugs not be terminated, ought to be fired, then investigated, and prosecuted IF similar evidence is found on their bodycams
Gotta say- the department did a great job of finding this out on their own and addressing it properly. I’m impressed with the leadership.
Fired??? That’s assault inflicting serious injury. That should be an easy felony conviction so why aren’t they even being charged
A detainee will instinctively cover their face if an officer immediately starts punching their face. If you want a detainee to comply with placing hands behind their back don’t continually punch them. Now it appears cops can’t charge, without evidence, for the original detention resulting in the bs resisting when the detainee was merely protecting himself.
@dietrikstein1871
2 ай бұрын
I totally agree, but that would require a police officer to have the minimum of intelligence to understand that, and here's the problem.
@elgoogsucks9005
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I don't get that part. Who doesn't resist pain?
And they have no clue why they keep going to funerals.
@angel2000317
2 ай бұрын
At least in recent times, Covid mostly. It was the leading cause of in-the-line-of-duty deaths for 3 years in a row.
Everyone in that department that believed they shouldn't have been fired needs to be fired also and investigated for abuse.
Accountability is very refreshing. We need more of this.
This is why ALL officers should be REQUIRED - to wear BC’s at all times - how many lives have these officers ruined - by their aggressiveness and lack of integrity
@evos469
2 ай бұрын
1 is too many
@SmittyAZ
2 ай бұрын
Wear. Auto-Activate. No mic Muting. Auto upload to the cloud.
@GetCraftyLemons
2 ай бұрын
Also, racism plays a role in many of these LEO! Agree with comment on BWC bo muting, loading to Cloud etc.
@RobertO-vu4xb
2 ай бұрын
@@GetCraftyLemons Take your race baiting somewhere else. We are sick of your BS as much as we are of punk .ss COPs like this
@user-ir7vq3zc6s
2 ай бұрын
That's what people need to learn !
They need to be criminally charged, they never charge them.... I bet they'll be in another department soon.
Terminated today and hired the next day in anouther county, the vicious cycle. They call it justice.
Get rid of the people who didn't want to cops fired.
I hope the good cops who released this video along with the one being interviewed in this story aren’t discriminated against by the rest of their gang for doing the right thing.
So let me get this straight. Dude was proned out and was compliant but was still charged and still has that charge pending? Seems like the DA is complicit in this crime as well.
If a cop does something bad enough to be fired. He's done something bad enough to be jailed and prosecuted.
Thank you Journalists! We appreciate you.
FIRED!!!! Why they not charge with assault? Thata the charge he would gotten if he beat the cops. So if cops found guilty then why charges not file as well.. But those cops out patrolling in another county somewhere. 🔥 🇺🇸
They always been lying. Thank God for cameras
Oh, dayum. Victim doesn't know he's entitled to a lawsuit.
"We investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing."
Police Officer...The only job where when you break the law, the worst thing to happen to you is losing your job
@honeyafun7450
2 ай бұрын
which for them basically means being transferred...
Wait, why wasn't those po-lice arrested. If a citizen "attacked" someone not committing a crime, they would be arrested. What's good for the goose, is good for the gander.
@cymeriandesigns
2 ай бұрын
That's what the GBI investigation is for.
@mainid2490
2 ай бұрын
@@cymeriandesigns - and there's the problem. Po-lice will arrest a citizen on the spot when a crime is committed. Yet when po-lice commit a crime, they are "investigated" first... Is the po-lice motto *_"Rules for the, Not for me"._*
@azazel20032001
2 ай бұрын
Cash from the police union keeps the prosecutors and judges in line.
@youropionmattersnot
2 ай бұрын
Lots of people are victims of crimes and no one is ever caught. The only solution to this is constant monitoring and everyone wearing a body camera. Or we could learn to govern ourselves as the founding fathers intended. For example, I obey the law and I raised my children to do the same. If everyone else did the same, we wouldn't need armed officers of the state. See how it could and should work?
@Nick-o-time
2 ай бұрын
@@youropionmattersnotthe founders of this country thought you should be allowed to own people. They didn't care about us governing ourselves. How is the right so delusional?
Lying and punching someone for no reason. And some police officers feel that those officers shouldn’t have been fired. That’s says a lot about those officers. Smh
Why isn't all body video reviewed by regular citizens for free, automatically by volunteers?
Update. They were not fired, they resigned before they could be fired. So unless the DA charges them, they are free to go to another department. This is why police officers need liability insurance.
Seems like lying on a police report would be a crime of some sort, there’s definitely an assault occurring on video and more than two cops involved in the assault as well as the cover up. Bare minimum consequences for cops as usual. These two violent gangbanger cops will be working in the next county in no time.
Thank you, Chief.
Excessive force should have never been used.
how about charges against the cops
We need an independent audit review board for ALL police body camera footage. Every word, minite, and action.
If the narrative is in fact truth here - it is great to see this level and type of transparency with this agency. The Chief and the IA investigator both took responsibility and did the right thing. Glad to see this is being taken up by a grand jury.
Terminated? They should be arrested for lying on a report.
Oh yeah I see why that one police officer was fired the other one must have lied on the arrest report
Review ANY CASE THESE COPS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
The fact that he still have pending charges after they didn’t find a gun is crazy
@karinaz8756
22 сағат бұрын
They have to create bogus charges to justify what they did.
Great journalism keep up the good work and keep the buggers honest
This video wasn't provided to the defendant's lawyer during discovery?
Ridiculous, so much hate, so much rage.
This is why YOU NEVER TRUST A COP
Protecting and serving the sh*t of of him.
They had never been challenged on the other “stories” they had told before. They weren’t expecting their story to be challenged this time.
DECERTIFICATION SHOULD BE...The results of ANY officer knowingly falsifying a police report. Anything less is endorsing the actions of lying/fabricating law enforcement criminals.😮😮😮
@jaimemcdanieltravels
2 ай бұрын
Desertification, jail time, and not allowed to work in in public funded job, loss of any retirement,
@ijustlovetotravelandeat453
Ай бұрын
And put on the Brady list and never work in any form of public service ever again.
The video said it all!
They should have ZERO control or access to their body cams. They shouldn’t be able to turn them off, mute them, or be able to access the footage. wtf is the point in having them if they can do that? It’s lunacy!
They should have been jailed!
"Spot checked bodycam footage". I bet if you ACTUALLY watch ALL bodycam footage you'd find 1000's more situations like this. 1000's.
He was already on the ground, then they started punching him right away after making their approach and contact with their suspect, then pulling him upward from his body torso, while bending and torquing his legs behind his back, essentially torturing him.
Cops like these should be in prison.
@br4524
2 ай бұрын
In general pop
As soon as you lie about what happened you are not long a trustworthy person and should be fired, Not transferred
@karinaz8756
2 ай бұрын
When a cop BLATANTLY lies on a police report every single arrest he’s made should be under review. “Maybe I should have used another word besides tackled” . What he wrote was a deliberate and egregious lie to justify breaking a man’s nose. Cops were called because two men were open carrying? Either we have 2A or we don’t.
@user-cq9nj8vc3l
22 сағат бұрын
And any other testimony you have given in other cases should be questioned and reviewed, and you go on the Brady list of unreliable witnesses
Justice
Thank you for reporting on this. FINALLY real news report. Corruocops need to go
Criminal conduct, but as usual, not one cop was arrested
Can someone please explain to me, how was the suspect "obstructing" or "hindering?" I believe they said he had "given up," & was laying on the ground with his hands up...🧐🧐
@mikewhitman578
2 ай бұрын
Damn man it's not a good day to earn 75 k
They should be in jail not just fired
This cop should be put in prison for this.
The young black man was not resisting and had no weapons with him, he was on the floor with hand stretch out giving up. The officers were wrong and should not have beaten and injured that young man. The officers should be charged for unnecessarily causing that child harm.
@user-cq9nj8vc3l
22 сағат бұрын
And inflicting punishment for an undefined crime without due process; they seem to thin they have the right to bejudge, jury and sometimes executioner, parcelled up behind a badge.
Good Cops need to do more when you see this kind of action you need to stand up and call it out. Stopping him from punching is good but this is why as a whole a lot of people don't trust them
@mattgayda2840
2 ай бұрын
It's the real life Stanford prison experiment, with no supervision or oversight they turn into monsters quickly and the thin blue line gang demands silence. Ending qualified immunity is the first step, it's the cancer that's caused this
@dlw2982
2 ай бұрын
What good cops.
@saber005
2 ай бұрын
Have you notice that none of these mythical "Good cops" in any department have left comments on here supporting this firing?
@Yosef9438
2 ай бұрын
No such thing.
It's not enough unless the officers are prosecuted.
Chief, we need more like you sir.
“Spot checking” body cam footage….that was one heck of a bullseye 🎯
You know the DA isn't going to charged those tyrants.
At least the Chief showed integrity by immediately terminating their employment. Hats off to you, but to lie on official documents, Is perjury. No need to drag your feet, during the investigation. Suspects are charged immediately once PC is established.
" we will not tolerate this type of conduct"!! Yet these incidents of brutality continue to happen over and over and over all over the country!! You can't keep doing things the same way and expect different results!! That's insanity
I hope all of their body cam footage from previous arrests were reviewed.