Tulsa police officer indicted

Tulsa police officer indicted

THE VIDEO ISN'T GRAPHIC..BUT THERE ARE GUNSHOTS..

ANDWE DO WANT TO WARN YOU THATSOME MIGHT FIND ITDISTURBING.

HERE'S A PORTIONOF THE WHAT HAPPENED..

THENIGHT OF MARCH 21st.PAUSE FOR SOTTHAT TULSA POLICE OFFICER--INDICTED WITH RECKLESSCONDUCT WITH AFIREARM--THE OFFICER--AARON RUSSELL--WAS ARRAIGNED IN COURT THISMORNING.... OUR CAMERAS WEREROLLING AS HE LEFT THE TULSACOUNTY JAIL...2 WORKS FOR YOU'SINVESTIGATOR ERIN CONRAD ...DIGGING DEEPER INTO THEINDICTMENT FOR USTONIGHT.... ERIN?THE INDICTMENT CAME DOWNLAST NIGHT-- AND WAS AMENDEDFROM BOTH A FELONY ANDMISDEMEANOR CHARGE-- TOSOLELY A MISDEMEANOR.

THECHARGE COMES AFTER TULSAPOLICE DETECTIVES SAY-- THEBODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THEINCIDENT DID NOT REFLECTRUSSELL'S ACCOUNT OF THESHOOTING.(PERP WALK) TULSA POLICEOFFICER AARON RUSSELL WASRESPONDING TO A SUSPICIOUSPERSON CALL BACK ON MARCH21ST NEAR 28TH AND PITTSBURGIN MIDTOWN.... (MUG) THAT'SWHEN OFFICER RUSSELL SAWMICHAEL DELANEY--SITTING INA CAR... ACCORDING TO TULSAPOLICE-- WHEN OFFICERRUSSELL WAS TALKING TODELANEY-- HE NOTICED WHATAPPEARED TO BE A GUN IN THECAR--AND ASKED DELANEY TOGET OUT..

THEY SAY DELANEYREFUSED..AND OFFICER RUSSELLTRIED TO PHYSICALLY GET HIMOUT..

THAT'S WHEN DELANEYDROVE OFF AND OFFICERRUSSELL FIRED HIS GUN AT THECAR--HITTING DELANEY IN THESHOULDER..

---- MICHAELDELANEY-- FILING A CIVILRIGHTS COMPLAINT WITH THE USDISTRICT COURT... CLAIMINGDESCRIMINATION OF CHARACTER,POLICE BRUTALITY AND POLICEMISCONDUCT..

THE COMPLAINTGOES ON TO ASK FOR 30MILLION DOLLARS--FOR PAINAND SUFFERING, LOSS OFMOBILITY IN HIS ARMS--ANDPUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT.

----RUSSELL WAS PLACED ONADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTERTHE SHOOTING-- AND HOMICIDEDETECTIVES WITH TPD SAY WHENTHEY WATCHED THE VIDEO--THEY DETERMINED OFFICERSWERE NOT ASSAULTED BYDELANEY'S VEHICLE AND THEFIREARM WAS AN AIR GUN.------- POLICE SAY-- WHILEIN CUSTODY DELANEY MADE ITCLEAR HE KNEW HE HADWARRANTS AND DIDN'T WANT TOGO BACK TO JAIL--AND THAT'SWHY HE DROVE OFF.

----COURT RECORDS SHOW HAS ALONG RAP SHEET WITH CRIMESDATING BACK AT LEAST A DOZENYEARS.

THIS IS POLICE BODYCAM FOOTAGE FROM ONE OF HISARRESTS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

INTHIS INSTANCE..

DELANY WASARRESTED FOR ON COMPLAINTSOF ELUDING POLICE, RECKLESSDRIVING AND DRIVING WITHOUTA LICENSE..WE REACHED OUT TO DELANEYBUT FOUND HE IS CURRENTLYSERVING TIME IN THEDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS...POLICE SAY RUSSELL WILLREMAIN ON ADMINISTRATIVELEAVE UNTIL THE CRIMINALCASE IS COMPLETED.

ERINCONRAD-- 2 WORKS FOR YOU.THIS AFTERNOON... WE SPOKEWITH OFFICER RUSSELL'SATTORNEY... ABOUT THEINDICTMENT..

HE HAD THIS TOSAY ABOUT HIS CLIENT'S CASE.Scott Wood / DefenseAttorney "I can certainlyunderstand Officer Russell'sreasoning and why he shot, Ithink, in a very, verycontrolled manner.

I thinkhe did everything as he wastrained to do."WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM OFFICERRUSSELL'S ATTORNEY TONIGHTAT TEN... ASHE DESCRIBES WHAT HE CALLSRED FLAGS IN THE VIDEO...THAT LED RUSSELL TO FIRE HISWEAPON.WE CONTINUE WITH OUR TEAMCOVERAGE..

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