Formal Complaint: OPO declines to make a recommendation

OF
STATE
OFFICE OF
NOTICE OF FORMAL
POLICE OVERSIGHT
COMPLAINT
ICMS #: 2020-0853
November 20, 2020
Complaint: Complainant alleges: Police said I evaded arrest. I didn't. I was tased 7 times, they
said I was reaching for something when I had my hands behind my back. I sat in for
and the DA never came with any body cam footage. All I want to do is get them to review the body
cam footage and see why I was arrested for evading and why I was tased seven times Can the
footage come forth that I was beat up and tased 7 times for no reason at all? Complaint is against
police and DA.
I'm still on probation for it to this day. I was falsely incarcerated and tased.
EMS pulled up at the corner store at
and a friend of mine was on the gurney. I
was walking to the liquor store with a female friend of mine and noticed all the EMS and was
minding my own business until I realized it was my friend on the gurney. As I was yelling, "Are
you okay,
?" some officer ran up in my face and was like, "Stay out of the perimeter! Stay
out of the perimeter!" And he was yelling at me and I was like "Well, I know that guy, that's a
friend of mine. I'm not trying to I'm not doing anything illegal." The girl I was with was like "just
go" SO I left. When left, I went to
across the street from the apartment and that's when I
started telling that cop he didn't have to yell at me. I was yelling at the officer "You don't have to
yell at me. That's a friend of mine. I know him. We're paying y'all's taxes. We're tax payers and
we're paying y'all to protect and serve. You didn't have to come at me with that tone. And then he
proceeded, him and seven officers, to run across the street. I turned and I put my hands behind my
back and I fell because I know the law. I'm not going to evade arrest. And they proceeded to jump
on my back. Seven officers. And one of the officers yelled "He's reaching for something," and they
tased me seven times in front of a
full of people. Due to the fact they didn't find anything
illegal on me, they came up with the story of evading arrest--that I ran the length of a football field
or half of a football field. I have the original report. They said they subdued me and I had abnormal
manly strength and it took all those officers to subdue me. Everybody saw what happened. The
body cam saw what happened.
was with me. When they took me down to central
booking I had a black eye. They beat me. They beat me and handcuffed me.
should
show that. I was a
SO I know a lot of procedures about doing
corrections. When I went to
finally, a sergeant came and took pictures of me. I was
beaten up pretty badly and tased seven times.
This notice of. formal complaint is a request for Internal Affairs to initiate an investigation in
order to determine if the employee conduct is within compliance of APD policy, Civil Service
Rules, and Municipal Civil Service Rules.
The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American Disabilities Act.
Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request.
OF
CITY
AUSTIN
OFFICE OF
NOTICE OF FORMAL
POLICE OVERSIGHT
COMPLAINT
FOUNDED
1839
Recommended Administrative Policies to Review (to include but not limited to):
200.3 RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE
While the type and extent of force may vary, it is the policy of this department that officers use
only that amount of objectively reasonable force which appears necessary under the circumstances
to successfully accomplish the legitimate law enforcement purpose in accordance with this order.
Recommended Classification: The OPO is permitted to make a preliminary recommendation
on the classification of administrative cases.
The OPO decanes to mane a recommendation.
1839
NDED
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Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request.