Texas Cop Loses Job for Chokehold on Woman, 2nd Cop Disciplined for Ordering Footage Deleted

[damnedifIknow]

The video that went viral after it was posted on PINAC Monday, showing a woman being placed in a chokehold after she refused to provide identification, led to the resignation of one officer and disciplinary action against another after a dash cam video obtained through a PINAC public records request ended up contradicting an earlier statement from the police chief."

The day the initial video was posted, Corpus Christi Police Chief Floyd D. Simpson issued a press release in which he said Lanessa Espinosa was involved in a fight with a large group of people, which is why the officers had probable cause to demand her identification.
But then the dash cam footage requested by PINAC’s growing research team revealed that Corpus Christi Police Sergeant Jerry Lockhart ordered her to delete the footage she had recorded of him placing her in handcuffs after a Nueces County district attorney officer placed her in a chokehold.

It also shows she was not part of the fight because they had that group lined up against a van away from Espinosa."

Nueces County district attorney officer Gary Witherspoon ended up resigning to avoid termination because of that chokehold.

And Lockhart was “formally disciplined” for ordering her to delete the footage, although Simpson did not specify exactly how he would be disciplined."

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/12/texas-cop-loses-job-chokehold-woman/

[Hoppy]

1. Good for the pieces of shit.

[msongs]

2. and here I thought destroying evidence was some kind of crime nt

[BillZBubb]

3. Good for her, but I bet the bully's "discipline" is a slap on the back.

And cops wonder why a lot of people dislike them.

[mythology]

4. Both should have been fired.

The one who resigned shouldn't have been allowed to do that. Because resigning is different than being fired in terms of getting a new job or filing for unemployment that sort of thing.

And the person who ordered the evidence deleted should be prosecuted for tampering (or attempted tampering, I'm too tired to read the article) with evidence.