NAACP and Press Allowed to See Jefferson Confrontation with Police
NAACP and Reporter are Allowed to See Videotape of Kenny Jefferson's Deadly Confrontation with Seven Norfolk Police Officers .
It was shot through a rain-splattered police windshield: a videotape that captured some of the final moments of Kenny S. Jefferson , who died Aug. 14 after struggling with police on Chesapeake Boulevard . The video was shot from the car of a supervisor who arrived as several officers struggled to handcuff Jefferson, who lay face down on the wet road . Some of the action was obscured by officers grouped around him, their backs to the camera. Officers cuffed his hands behind his back, then cuffed his ankles together and bound his ankles to his wrists. A short while later -- Young said it was just more than a minute -- Jefferson was moved to his side, then his back. At some point, an officer felt for a pulse, and appeared to monitor him for a bit. Eventually, police attempted to revive Jefferson with chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Young said. Pishko made the video available for viewing to a Virginian-Pilot reporter after the newspaper requested to see it under the Freedom of Information Act. However, Pishko said that he had grounds to withhold the videotape under the act because it was part of a confidential administrative investigation and said that making it available for viewing was "discretionary." [more]
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