Police dash cam(released August 12/09) – KALAMAZOO Video of an incident that led to a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety sergeant’s unpaid suspension last week shows the officer punched a handcuffed 16-year-old three times after the youth spit in his face. Sgt. Jeff VanderWiere, 37, was suspended last week for 10 work days after an Office of Professional Standards investigation into the April More..incident. The Kalamazoo Police Supervisors Association has filed a grievance on the suspension. The video and police documents related to the case and VanderWiere, a 12-year department veteran, were released by the city Tuesday after the Gazette filed a request under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. The images, captured from the mobile-video recording unit inside Officer Travis Ulberg’s patrol cruiser, shows the teen was with two other people when he was approached by VanderWiere and another officer at 1:45 am on April 5 in the 1300 block of Cobb Avenue on the city’s north side. A report from another officer said the teen appeared to be intoxicated. The video shows him becoming confrontational and screaming profanities at the two officers who were investigating reports of gunshots being fired in the area. The teen matched a description given to police when the gunshots were reported, according to the police documents. The teen was eventually handcuffed, but he and one of the other boys with him attempted to run from officers. VanderWiere wrestled the teen to the …
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little bastard deserved that and a whole lot more and so does his parents
The nigga deserved it
I HATE PIGS…. but If you spit on a dude, he’s probably going to sock you.
@nyc14gauge The frightening thing is how wrapped up in this you are. Would it make you happy if I said you were right? Maybe next time you get a speeding ticket they should just pull you out of the car and stomp you out. Is that justice? Just drop it man, I’m tired of answering your lame messages. You are right. Case closed.
What a disgusting race.
@AHarris005 Law enforcement, huh? Frightening. Absolutely frightening.
@nyc14gauge An you sound like a fourteen year old using words like crap. I’m not limited to anything except what my job permits me, I myself am in law enforcement, so please don’t try your pathetic attempts at low blows with me. I said this is done, so please in the nicest way possible fuck off… You seem to be the one fixated on youtube… Seeing as how you respond to every word I say. I am answering emails, not trying to argue with you. Just drop it.
@AHarris005 Ooooh, when “shit gets real”? You sound like a typical petty thug. No one gives a crap what you think, which is why you are limited to posting on Youtube.
@nyc14gauge And so was I, but obviously you can’t handle it when shit gets real, so you better just stay in the cruiser on your next ride along. I would hate for someone to spit on you and cause a terrible catastrophe for your dry cleaner. And my girl likes it rough anyway, so that may have happened on a date or two as well! Anyway, this argument is over. You will always ride the cops dick and agree with whatever misuse of power they decide to trip on and I will always call them out for it.
@AHarris005 I wasn’t talking about your last date. I was talking about field operations.
@nyc14gauge I have restrained people before, on several occasions and different situations. They def weren’t even teens. I have been head butted blood spat in my face ect… So I hope you are wearing your panties hoes while you were typing this cause it just makes you sound like a straight whore… I hate you cop dick riders!
@AHarris005 Asshole, if you’ve never tried to restrain someone, don’t try and comment.
Umm spit on me an threaten to kill me idfucken kill that black basturd
@rightlogo police have NO humanity and are less than dogs
police are SUPPOSED to be the cities “finest” yet they justify punching a teen in the face. a regular guy does the same thing he goes down, a cop gets a slap on the wrist, police should be punished 10 times worse than other people for the same crimes
It takes 3 cops to restrain a drunk in handcuffs? That is the main problem, overkill. its cool for them to slam you down and put their knee if you back and choke the shit out of you, but they get all bent out of shape when they get a little spit on em??? Ha ha ha. What American hero’s!
he wants to call his lawyer? alllright, beep! he should´ve bumped him with his head against the chassis of the cruiser!