ABC 7 News - I-Team Reporter Injured In Jack Johnson Corruption Investigation
ABC 7 News - Injured I-Team Reporter Follow-Up:
"Injured I-Team Reporter Follow-Up
Friday May 13, 2005 5:40pm
eVideo: Injured I-Team Reporter Follow-Up
-WJLA Script-
Anchor:
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HAS NOW LAUNCHED A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE ACTIVITY THAT RESULTED IN INJURY TO ABC7 I-TEAM REPORTER ANDREA MCCARREN.
ABC7'S GORDON PETERSON JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. GORDON??
Gordon Peterson on set:
TONIGHT, KATHLEEN, WE MAY BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO GETTING SOME ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WE RAISED LAST NIGHT ON THIS BROADCAST.
DID PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS ACT APPROPRIATELY?
AND WILL PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RELEASE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
Story:
OUR I-TEAM REPORTER ANDREA MCCARREN WAS WORKING ON A STORY ABOUT A POLICE OFFICER APPARENTLY ASSIGNED TO A COUNTY EMPLOYEE AS A FULL-TIME DRIVER.
SHE FOLLOWED THE OFFICER AS HE PICKED UP THE OCUNTY OFFICIAL TO TAKE HER TO WORK.
WHEN THE OFFICER NOTICED HE WAS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, HE CALELD FOR BACKUP.
MCCARREN AND HER CREW WERE SURROUNDED BY NINE POLICE CARS...AND UP TO A DOZEN OFFICERS WITH GUNS DRAWN.
MCCARREN'S SHOULDER WAS INJURED WHEN AN OFFICER PULLED HER ARMS BEHIND HER BACK.
NOW, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JACK JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL INVESTIGATE THE MATTER.
HE SAYS THE OFFICER WAS AFRAID.
Jack Johnson: "It's just a part of the life and times we live in."
Question: "Did the officers act appropriately given those circumstances?
Jack Johnson: "that's being investigated."
FOLLOWING YEARS OF EXCESSIVE FORCE COMPAINTS, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TO OPERATE VIDEO CAMERAS IN ITS POLICE CARS.
BUT A COUNTY SPOKESMA SAYS THE CAMERAS WERE NOT WORKING IN ANY OF THE NINE POLICE CARS INVOLVED IN PULLING OVER THE ABC7 I-TEAM.
Question: Does it disturb you that the cameras weren't rolling given what you campaigned on and given the history of this county?
Jack Johnson: "well, you know, we're looking to find out why the cameras weren't rolling and we'll get to the bottom of that."
ABC7 HAS FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COUNTY AND IS ASKING THE COUNTY TO RELEASE ANY VIDEOTAPES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS CASE.
Gordon Peterson on set:
TODAY THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, OF WHICH ANDREA MCCARREN IS A MEMBER, CALLED ON THE PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE CRUISER VIDEO, 911 TAPES, INCIDENT REPORTS AND E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTED BY WJLA-TV.
IN ADDITION THE PRESS CLUB IS ASKING THE DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN WHAT LAWS MCCARREN AND HER PHOTOGRAPHER MAY HAVE BROKEN THAT WOULD HAVE PROMPTED WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EXTREME SHOW OF FORCE ON THE PART OF COUNTY POLICE. "
"Injured I-Team Reporter Follow-Up
Friday May 13, 2005 5:40pm
eVideo: Injured I-Team Reporter Follow-Up
-WJLA Script-
Anchor:
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HAS NOW LAUNCHED A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE ACTIVITY THAT RESULTED IN INJURY TO ABC7 I-TEAM REPORTER ANDREA MCCARREN.
ABC7'S GORDON PETERSON JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. GORDON??
Gordon Peterson on set:
TONIGHT, KATHLEEN, WE MAY BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO GETTING SOME ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WE RAISED LAST NIGHT ON THIS BROADCAST.
DID PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS ACT APPROPRIATELY?
AND WILL PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RELEASE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
Story:
OUR I-TEAM REPORTER ANDREA MCCARREN WAS WORKING ON A STORY ABOUT A POLICE OFFICER APPARENTLY ASSIGNED TO A COUNTY EMPLOYEE AS A FULL-TIME DRIVER.
SHE FOLLOWED THE OFFICER AS HE PICKED UP THE OCUNTY OFFICIAL TO TAKE HER TO WORK.
WHEN THE OFFICER NOTICED HE WAS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, HE CALELD FOR BACKUP.
MCCARREN AND HER CREW WERE SURROUNDED BY NINE POLICE CARS...AND UP TO A DOZEN OFFICERS WITH GUNS DRAWN.
MCCARREN'S SHOULDER WAS INJURED WHEN AN OFFICER PULLED HER ARMS BEHIND HER BACK.
NOW, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JACK JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL INVESTIGATE THE MATTER.
HE SAYS THE OFFICER WAS AFRAID.
Jack Johnson: "It's just a part of the life and times we live in."
Question: "Did the officers act appropriately given those circumstances?
Jack Johnson: "that's being investigated."
FOLLOWING YEARS OF EXCESSIVE FORCE COMPAINTS, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TO OPERATE VIDEO CAMERAS IN ITS POLICE CARS.
BUT A COUNTY SPOKESMA SAYS THE CAMERAS WERE NOT WORKING IN ANY OF THE NINE POLICE CARS INVOLVED IN PULLING OVER THE ABC7 I-TEAM.
Question: Does it disturb you that the cameras weren't rolling given what you campaigned on and given the history of this county?
Jack Johnson: "well, you know, we're looking to find out why the cameras weren't rolling and we'll get to the bottom of that."
ABC7 HAS FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COUNTY AND IS ASKING THE COUNTY TO RELEASE ANY VIDEOTAPES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS CASE.
Gordon Peterson on set:
TODAY THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, OF WHICH ANDREA MCCARREN IS A MEMBER, CALLED ON THE PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE CRUISER VIDEO, 911 TAPES, INCIDENT REPORTS AND E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTED BY WJLA-TV.
IN ADDITION THE PRESS CLUB IS ASKING THE DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN WHAT LAWS MCCARREN AND HER PHOTOGRAPHER MAY HAVE BROKEN THAT WOULD HAVE PROMPTED WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EXTREME SHOW OF FORCE ON THE PART OF COUNTY POLICE. "
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