{"id":5045,"date":"2021-05-07T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=5045"},"modified":"2021-05-07T15:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T19:44:29","slug":"hpd-releases-statement-on-video-of-use-of-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/hpd-releases-statement-on-video-of-use-of-force\/","title":{"rendered":"HPD Releases Statement on Video of Use of Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Simon Albaugh \u2013 Yemeni American News<\/p>\n<p>HAMTRAMCK, Mich. \u2013 A video has surfaced on social media, showing three officers using force against a mentally ill, homeless man during what appeared to be an arrest made at Veterans Park in Hamtramck.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Hamtramck Police Department Crime Logs, the incident happened on May 3, at around 6:00pm. A report was filed on what was officially a transport to Detroit Receiving Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 1803, a Hamtramck resident was petitioned at the Detroit Receiving Hospital as detailed in the report,\u201d reads the HPD Crime Log for May 3.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement provided by the Hamtramck Police Department, the incident was not an arrest, but rather a transport to Detroit Receiving Hospital after the person\u2019s erratic behavior was reported by a local mosque.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bystander video showed only a portion of a longer conversation between the responding officers, all of whom have received training on the appropriate use of force and on responding to incidents involving mental health emergencies,\u201d reads the statement from HPD.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hamtramck Police Department Use of Force During Mental Health Emergency\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pbvD2turPU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video itself shows two use-of-force tactics that community members held up to scrutiny. At the time when the person was apprehended, a collapsible baton is seen being swung near the midsection of the individual. The collapsible baton, the city says, was not used to strike the individual, but rather to pry the individual\u2019s arm in order to be cuffed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officer did not strike the subject with a baton,\u201d said Max Garbarino, Director of Public Safety for the City of Hamtramck. \u201cThe officer was attempting to lock the baton in its extension position, then used it to pry the subject\u2019s arm from underneath him. You can clearly see the baton opening and closing in the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other scrutinized use of force was an instance in which an officer used their knee to restrain the individual. In the video, it\u2019s unclear where the officer\u2019s knee was placed, leading some on social media to say that the restraint was a knee to the neck, reminiscent to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Derek Chauvin and three other police officers.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Hamtramck Police Department maintains that this is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time did any officer kneel on the individual\u2019s neck or restrict his breathing. The individual was not arrested. He was transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital where the individual received the behavioral health services he needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamtramck residents showed mixed reactions to the video, with some saying that the use of force shows that policing needs to change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is we need to end the stigma on mental health and our police departments need social workers who can deescalate issues before it comes to this,\u201d said Jennifer Newton in a Facebook comment to the video before it was taken down by the original poster.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, the incident was handled without injury, explains Max Garbarino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of force used was the least amount necessary and reasonable within department policy,\u201d Garbarino said. \u201cThe subject was not injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Simon Albaugh \u2013 Yemeni American News HAMTRAMCK, Mich. \u2013 A video has surfaced on social media, showing three officers using force against a mentally ill, homeless man during what appeared to be an arrest made at Veterans Park in Hamtramck. 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