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Officers Laugh After Shooting Rubber Bullets at Protesters Cops shoot rubber bullets at marchers and laugh. body cam shows ... https:// www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/ arti lliinmiHtrnlll We would like to send you news - alerts .... Notifications can be turned off ­ anytime from browser settings. Dismiss I BROWARD COUNTY I 'Beat it, little f***er.' Officers laugh after shooting rubber bullets at protesters. BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS AND SARAH BLASKEY JULY01 , 2020 06:20 PM, UPDATED JULY 02, 2020 10:17 AM - f • r+ SHARE r+ Bodycam footage obtained by the Herald reveals the point ofview of - and conversations between - Fort Lauderdale police officers who clashed with protesters on May 31, 2020. BY FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCEPT We use cookies and similar technologies. By continuing to use this website, COOKIES you consent to our Terms ofService and our frllt.acy~. I of 17 10/t4/2020, 2:13 p~ Cops shoot rubber bullets at marchers and laugh, body cam shows ... https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/communitytbroward/art with rubber bullets iale, newly released body camt We would like to send you news alerts "Beat it, little f***e1 Notifications can be turned off derdale SWAT team unit, can be h anytime from browser settings. ectiles at a protester. The protc canister back at Dismiss the line ofpolice. TOP ARTICLES Coral Park Elementary closes, goes online after students test positive for COVID-19 A few minutes later, another officer, Jamie Chatman, came up to Baro behind the police line and asked ifhis body camera was off. Baro replied - incorrectly - that his camera was in "stand-by" mode and not recording. The two officers then began laughing and joking about the people they had shot with rubber bullets. "Did you see me f"'"'k up those motherf**"'*rs?" one ofthe officers said. ACCEPT We use cookies and similar technologies. By continuing to use this website, COOKIES you consent to our Terms ofService and our frblacy~. 2of17 10/14/2020, 2:13 Pl Cops shoot rubber bullets at marchers and laugh, body cam shows ... https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/art Today's toi: We would like to send you news i Failed Sign up for the Afternoor alerts biggest stories in your inl Notifications can be turned off 1to >.safeframe.googlesyr Enter Email Address anytime from browser settings. Dismiss 3nnot be shown beca This site is protected by rec .. , ._ , .. , .......... " ..... v ...... ~.... 1ty ot tne received aata could not be verified. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. ntact the website owners to inform them of H "I got the one f***er," the other replied amid laughter. George Kirkham, a former police officer and professor emeritus at Florida State University, condemned the behavior captured on the footage. ''This is serious misconduct. This is people with badges acting like thugs," Kirkham said. "It's like a cancer. Ifyou let it go, it will spread." Asked for comment, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale police said the department would have to review the footage. After publication online, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Rick Maglione said in a statement to the Herald: "Your story shows less than 3 minutes of an 8 minute and 43 second long video.·The entire video clearly demonstrates our officers were under attack by a group ofpeople who chose to use violence instead of peace to antagonize the situation. Although the language is extreme, and offensive to some, our officers were dealing with the chaos ofa developing situation." 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The footage bolster arked the first Dismiss documented confrc LaToya Ratlieff was being led away from tear gas by another marcher at an anti-police brutality protest in Fort Lauderdale May 31. Moments after this photo was taken a police officer shot her in the face with a foam rubber bullet, fracturing her right eye socket. Tim Becker COURTESY Marchers hurled plastic water bottles after Officer Steven Pohorence rushed into a crowd ofprotesters and pushed a kneeling woman in the head. Police responded with a round oftear gas. Still, body camera footage shows that even after that, protesters quickly moved to reestablish peace. "Please I am begging yollt we're peaceful," one man can be heard yelling. Secure Connection Failed ACCEPT We use cookies and similar technologies. By continuing to use this website, COOKIES you consent to our Terms of Service and our .e.r.blat;y~. 4of17 I0/14/2020, 2: 13 p Cops shoot rubber bullets at marchers and laugh, body cam shows ... https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/art "Do you see this?" c 1ting to the protesters taking a We would like to send you news re are going to be alerts the generation that Notifications can be turned off After a few tense m anytime from browser settings. r gas at the group again. Within 15 m: had emptied his Dismiss six-chamber rubbe: 1eard saying in his body camera video. U'ohorence was cnargeil...witn mts.d.e.meanor battery on Tuesday.) "Ifyou need it, give me a target," Baro yelled to other officers from behind the line of police. The comment stuck out to Robert Drago, a retired lieutenant colonel at the Broward Sheriff's Office, who reviewed the footage. "If you're not seeing a threat, why are you asking for a threat?" Drago said. "That would almost lead you to believe that they were indiscriminately firing." Connection Failed rred during a connection to 10c3a25baaa7de7d59a 7b.safeframe .goog lesyr _RESET_ERROR you are trying to view cannot be shown beca ity of the received data could not be verified. ntact the website owners to inform them of tt Baro said in his incident report that he was firing rubber bullets at protesters throwing tear gas canisters and other objects. "In an effort to stop officers and innocent people from being hurt, I targeted these violent subjects with my 40mm less lethal launcher," Baro wrote. "I deployed less lethal rounds targeting lower abdomen and the large muscle groups of the legs in an effort to deter their violent actions." ACCEPT We use cookies and similar technologies. By continuing to use this website, COOKIES you consent to our Terms of Service and our P.chla.cyhllcy. 5of 17 10/14/2020, 2:13 Pl Cops shoot rubber bullets at marchers and laugh, body cam shows ... https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/an -­ We would like to send you news -­ cm alerts ~ _.., ~I Notifications can be turned off )4:18 anytime from browser settings. Subscribe: AR~_ep_g Dismiss In the report, Baro . He does say that he was struck in his left thigh by a rock "about the size ofmy fist" and that he saw protesters throwing "rocks, fireworks, smoke bombs, and water bottles containing an unknown yellowish liquid." "F*** I'm getting rocked and bottled, bro," Baro says on camera. Connection Failed rred during a connection to 10c3a25baaa7dc7d59a7b.safeframe.googlesyr _RESET_ERROR you are trying to view cannot be shown beca ity of the received data could not be verified. ntact the website owners to inform them of tt Chatman said he was struck by a half-stick of dynamite, according to his incident report. Video shows an explosive blowing up at officers' feet. His report does not indicate that he was injured. Kirkham said internal affairs should investigate the conduct of Baro and other officers in the video, particularly given his position as a SWAT team leader. "I understand what it's like to have that adrenaline. I've been in a riot situation," Kirkham said. "But that does not excuse that kind of verbiage and behavior. It suggests that the police think they can do whatever they want and get away with it." ACCEPT We use cookies and similar technologies. By continuing to use this website, COOKIES you consent to our Ierms of Service and our !rbla.c~. 6of 17 10/14/2020, 2:13 p Cops shoot rubber bullets at marchers and laugh, body cam shows ... https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/art We would like to send you news alerts Notifications can be turned off anytime from browser settings. Dismiss At a Black Lives Matter protest in Fort Lauderdale on May 31, Ofc. Steven Pohorence turns to look at a kneeling young woman just moments before shoving her in the head. Alex Dixon MIAMI HERALD Other policing experts agreed. Connection Failed rred during a connection to 10c3a25baaa 7de 7d59a 7b.safeframe.googlesyr _RESET_ERROR you are trying to view cannot be shown beca ity of the received data could not be verified. ntact the website owners to inform them of tt "It's unprofessional. They shouldn't be laughing and joking about shooting and potentially hurting people," said Philip Sweeting, former deputy chief ofpolice in Boca Raton.
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