2017 LCPD suffocate video shocks -viewers

Those who make it public after so many years are concerned that it could happen again because the officials involved are still working for LCPD.

On December 10, 2017, two police officers from Lake Charles responded to a call in a residence in the Hodges Street. Eleven minutes from a long, unprocessed video of the incident is published in a YouTube channel in which the police show under fire from all over the country.

The Dashcam and Bodycam videos are highlights made of raw, unprocessed band that 7News received from an anonymous source. It shows an officer who leaves a suspect for the apparently obvious reason, and later there is a video of the other officer who suffocates the suspect.

The video and the audio of interaction between the police and the possible suspect are full of vulgarities and curse words.

For example, in a section, a man on the ground between the words with the police is heard. There are gaps in the published audio in which we have removed curse words.

An officer says something inaudible when the on -site man makes troubles.

“You will suffocate me? Will you not suffocate me about anything? About nothing! Choke me again! “Mocked the man.

The official replies: “Listen to move to you.” The man repeatedly asks the officer: “What's your name?!” The officer refuses to say and tells the man on site: “It doesn't matter.”

The man on the ground remains: “Stand out!” The officer warns: “Don't do it again!” The man on the floor produces more cuminous and choking noises.

One of more than 100,000 people who viewed the video is a man in Pennsylvania who follows the lackluster channel on YouTube and the website. He asked us not to use his name, but says that he observes “lackluster” because he says he is interested in police behavior. He was so horrified that he contacted 7News to suggest that we do a story.

“I thought I would turn to the news because the behavior we had seen was simply unspeakable,” he said, spoke on the condition of anonymity.

There were more than 100,000 views within 24 hours after the video published. So far we have not found anyone in the local law enforcement community who are willing to comment on it. After the incident in 2017, the police carried out an investigation for internal matters.

The result was a 30-page report that contained statements from both officials. So far, it has been examined in the retired lieutenant Richard Harrell, who came to the conclusion that “non -authorized violence” was not maintained. This means that “the examination did not discover sufficient evidence to clearly demonstrate or refute the allegations” so that no measures were taken.

Those who gave it poorly have the feeling that it has to come out and that the officers never gave them away. Both officers remain busy at LCPD.

The man against whom the troop was used was never convicted of crime in connection with the incident.

We received an explanation from Shawn Caldwell, police chief of Lake Charles:

“The Lake Charles police are aware of the video published on YouTube, in which a service will be detailed in December 2017. At this point, the department cannot check the authenticity of the video how it was cut off and edited. When this incident occurred more than seven years ago, the examination of internal affairs was not maintained and no complaint or complaint was submitted to the citizens. The complete original video is no longer in the archives of the department. “

Caldwell continued:

“This incident occurred as part of a previous LCPD administration. What I can assure the public is that this technology, which is referred to as the lower jaw angle, is no longer taught to the officials as a defensive tactic. Under my administration, our defensive tactics training has been updated and does not reflect this as an appropriate measure. “

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