The Laporte Reporter

Michigan City Police accused of beating up black man who "fit the description". Public outrage ensues.
Will they release the bodycam footage or allow the public to lose even more trust in the MCPD?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1356547258146238&id=100000671380490

In my layman's opinion, they have waived the fee requirement for everyone by showing it, for free, to the folks they cherry picked to view it. Everyone should be requesting to "inspect" the bodycam footage, for free. Because that investigation s**t has been "waived" and so has the justification for the fee.

Anyone who was denied the same courtesy viewing would be right to feel like they didn't receive "equal treatment under the law".

The NAACP and these pastors are not special.
They are counted on to quell any public outrage before the PD releases the footage and that's how it goes every mf time.
They are not law enforcement and if they've seen it... The MCPD has waived any argument they could make under the "law enforcement investigatory record" nonsense tucked into IC 5-14-3-4(b).

Michigan City Police Department Statement:
Date: 4/6/2022
To: All Media
From: Sergeant Steve Forker

"Due to the non-factual accounts being reported and shared on social media, Police Chief Dion Campbell initiated a meeting at the Michigan City Police department on today, April 6th, 2022. The purpose of the meeting, led by Assistant Chief Jillian Ashley, was to operate in full transparency by allowing immediate Family members, Michigan City Mayor Duane Parry, a representative of the Michigan City Common Council, the president of the Northwest Indiana Ministerial Alliance, and the LaPorte County NAACP (unavailable to attend) to review the bodycam footage of the incident that transpired on April 5th, 2022. After reviewing the incident and understanding the facts of the body camera, Chief Dion Campbell is fully supporting the actions of the officers, stating, that they acted in accordance to the law and with professionalism."

https://www.facebook.com/100064197954551/posts/347551500728112/?sfnsn=mo

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