Miami police kill man in parked car, attempt to confiscate film from nearby witness
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Caught On Tape: Miami Beach Shooting.. Eyewitness to Miami Beach shooting alleges police misconduct.
An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Miami Beach last week claims police officers attempted to confiscate the video he filmed of the incident, and even crushed his phone underfoot in an attempt to destroy the recording.
Narces Benoit says he just happened to be in the area driving with his girlfriend when police fatally shot an erratic driver early Memorial Day morning.
He said after the disturbance started, he pulled over his truck, and started recording with his cell phone camera capturing the shooting.
"When he noticed me recording, one of the officers jumped in the truck, put a pistol to my head," he said. "My phone was smashed - he stepped on it, handcuffed me."
Juan Sanchez, a detective with Miami Beach Police Department said he could not comment on how officers that night handled eyewitnesses who may have filmed the incident, because the matter could become the subject of an internal investigation or a civil lawsuit. But Sanchez added that after the shooting, the site was an active crime scene and the police were looking for additional suspects.
Benoit's girlfriend, Ericka Davis, was also in the truck at the time.
"They handled us like we were criminals," she said. "The officer came over to the driver's side, on my left, and just put the gun to my head."
"They took everyone's phones and smashed them," she said.
Benoit says the only reason he still has the footage is because it was saved on a tiny memory card, which he removed and hid from the officers, despite being told to hand over his video.
"I took the chip out and put it in my mouth," he said, and kept it there the whole time he was interviewed by police at a nearby mobile command post.
His video shows an officer on a bike approaching his truck and pointing a gun directly into the camera; giving an indecipherable command; and then backing away.
Another officer orders them to stop filming and get out of the truck, and then the video ends.
Benoit charged CNN a fee to license his video and air it in a news report. He has since given police a copy, he said, but is considering suing them over his treatment.
Miami Beach police say they are still investigating the fatal shooting of the driver, that Benoit captured on tape.
Police say at around 4 a.m. on Memorial Day, officers stopped Raymond Herisse in his car, but after an altercation, he sped off. Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega said that Herisse drove recklessly, striking other cars, "driving on sidewalks, and you name it."
"One of the officers was struck," he told reporters. Luckily the officer was not seriously injured, he said, but the suspect posed a threat to the officers and the public, "as a situation involving deadly force."
A video posted on YouTube, which CNN cannot independently confirm, shows a commotion on a wide boulevard, as an erratically driven car comes to a stop at an intersection. Bystanders scatter as officers surround the car, with guns drawn. Then gunfire breaks out. In Benoit's video, it looks like there are muzzle flashes from the pistols of as many as a dozen officers.
Herisse was killed, and four bystanders were injured by gunfire, according to Noriega.
Benoit and Davis criticized the police for the number of shots they fired, in the presence of numerous bystanders.
"We could have been killed," said Davis. "They were shooting so long, you could hear their guns clicking on empty, but they kept pulling the trigger," she said. "I think that's excessive."
Noriega said it was unclear whether the suspect shot at the officers, but police later recovered a gun from his car.[/release]
Full video from Benoit's cellphone:
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Source:
[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/06/08/2011-06-08_miami_police_say_claim_cops_smashed_mans_cellphone_at_deadly_raymond_herisse_sho.html?r=news[/url]
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I'm glad that Benoit was able to save this film, it's stupid that cops will use threats of violence to eliminate evidence that may not be in their favour
That was a bit excessive.
Miami.
That's all I needed to hear. :rolleyes:
cops who threaten innocent's need to lose their jobs asap
Saving this one in case it gets pulled.
Late and all that.
Its already been dealt with partially. And yea smashing the dudes phone was harsh.
This is just a typical day in Miami Beach. Nothing to see here.
Cops need more in-depth psychiatric tests, how retarded can they be to be aiming a gun at innocents filming the scene within their rights and think they can even have a small chance of getting away from that
[QUOTE=bopie;30344579]Saving this one in case it gets pulled.[/QUOTE]
They can't do shit about it now. Nor would they. It'd take more effort than it'd be worth since people could just reupload it.
They all deserve to be shot (the cops)
Why has there been so many horrible stories this week
He put the sim card in his mouth when they talked to him after they broke his phone. Awesome.
I didn't hear anything about the suspect drawing a gun, did anyone else? I mean, if he had a gun pointed i could kind of almost understand them shooting him like that, i mean, that IS what they're supposed to do. But this seemed like more of an execution. I really doubt he had a gun out because he stopped willingly.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;30345621]Cops need more in-depth psychiatric tests[/QUOTE]
It's the nature of things, you give people unrestrained power over other individuals and it's bound to go bad. I don't blame the police, necessarily, they're acting as humans do. The policy is corrupt.
[quote]Herisse was killed, and four bystanders were injured by gunfire, according to Noriega.[/quote]
Nice.
What is with US cops and going apeshit on every possibly violent offender? California cops are the worst, too. My state fucking sucks.
[QUOTE=mossboss;30345855]He put the sim card in his mouth when they talked to him after they broke his phone. Awesome.
I didn't hear anything about the suspect drawing a gun, did anyone else? I mean, if he had a gun pointed i could kind of almost understand them shooting him like that, i mean, that IS what they're supposed to do. But this seemed like more of an execution. I really doubt he had a gun out because he stopped willingly.[/QUOTE]
From what I heard, the guy that got killed was shooting at them first.
[QUOTE=Rocko's;30344601]Late and all that.
Its already been dealt with partially. And yea smashing the dudes phone was harsh.
This is just a typical day in Miami Beach. Nothing to see here.[/QUOTE]
Emptying 12 magazines into a guy with no weapon was excessive
Pulling a gun to the head of an innocent civilian was excessive
Arresting that innocent civilian was excessive
Smashing his phone was excessive.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;30346901]From what I heard, the guy that got killed was shooting at them first.[/QUOTE]
Well if that's the case then nothing will happen to the cops probably. The main reason I would call it excessive force is you can hear the repeated manual shots over the automatics really clearly.
[QUOTE=mossboss;30350367]Well if that's the case then nothing will happen to the cops probably. The main reason I would call it excessive force is you can hear the repeated manual shots over the automatics really clearly.[/QUOTE]
Afaik there were no automatics, normal police officers don't carry them, they were just trigger happy as fuck.
And I don't know about you, but I saw no muzzle flash from inside the car.
Oh you're right. For some reason I thought a few of the cops in black were higher armed. I saw no muzzle flash but if you point a gun at anyone they're inclined to take you out anyway they can I think. Who knows though, maybe there was no gun at all.
[QUOTE=mossboss;30350844]Oh you're right. For some reason I thought a few of the cops in black were higher armed. I saw no muzzle flash but if you point a gun at anyone they're inclined to take you out anyway they can I think. Who knows though, maybe there was no gun at all.[/QUOTE]
Knowing american police, it was probably a cellphone or something they saw, but yeah, I understand how you can mistake a choir of over 12 pistols as smg fire.
They need to lose their jobs. Right now. The officers who pointed their guns on the completley innocent couple need to lose their jobs AND do jail time.
Police are servants of the people, as well as the law, which in turn should serve the people. They should be far more approachable and questionable by civilians, to the degree of reason that still allows them to do their job.
Wow, I wish all of you guys German police.. they never would pull this shit [b]NEVER[/b] there is in depth psychological tests for the german police and a hard way to get in there.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;30353425]Police are servants of the people, as well as the law, which in turn should serve the people. They should be far more approachable and questionable by civilians, to the degree of reason that still allows them to do their job.[/QUOTE]
Except a judge has ruled that the police does not serve the people, and is not required to help them, only to make arrests.
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[QUOTE=demoguy08;30352587]They need to lose their jobs. Right now. The officers who pointed their guns on the completley innocent couple need to lose their jobs AND do jail time.[/QUOTE]
Chances of them avoiding jail because they're cops?
well, PD is a joke we all know that. still, the firearm safety they display is worse than mine and I'm a completely untrained highschooler. dumb cops.
"If dat nigga ain't ded he ded nah!"
[QUOTE=Tobba;30345690]They all deserve to be shot (the cops)
Why has there been so many horrible stories this week[/QUOTE]
You don't know what you're talking about. Those stories are just a few compared to many other countries.
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