A 12-second video showing officers repeatedly punching a 20-year-old man during a Tuesday arrest has sparked controversy, but police leaders said Wednesday the footage lacked important context, and released footage of their own. San Diego police Chief David Nisleit said police had Trenelle Cannon under surveillance in Chula Vista in connection with two felony warrants — one for a robbery, the other for possessing a firearm — when detectives attempted to arrest him about 6:30 p.m. Cannon ran, and officers chased him, Nisleit said. At one point, officers lost sight of Cannon, but recovered a loaded handgun they believe belonged to him. Detectives found Cannon again near Fourth Avenue and Naples Street where he was seen getting into a car that drove onto Interstate 5, police said. Officers pulled over the vehicle and an officer ran to the passenger-side door just as Cannon was emerging. This story: https://bit.ly/2E0yYn3 Other news: https://bit.ly/2H81hAI
A 12-second video showing officers repeatedly punching a 20-year-old man during a Tuesday arrest has sparked controversy, but police leaders said Wednesday the footage lacked important context, and released footage of their own.
San Diego police Chief David Nisleit said police had Trenelle Cannon under surveillance in Chula Vista in connection with two felony warrants — one for a robbery, the other for possessing a firearm — when detectives attempted to arrest him about 6:30 p.m.
Cannon ran, and officers chased him, Nisleit said. At one point, officers lost sight of Cannon, but recovered a loaded handgun they believe belonged to him.
Detectives found Cannon again near Fourth Avenue and Naples Street where he was seen getting into a car that drove onto Interstate 5, police said. Officers pulled over the vehicle and an officer ran to the passenger-side door just as Cannon was emerging.
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