Greensboro judge to decide if police body camera video from city manager's 'family disorder' will be made public
A judge could soon decide if body camera video from the night police were called to the home of Greensboro City Manager Taiwo Jaieyoeba will be made public.
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Lawyers met for a hearing on Monday. The argument focused on whether potential information in the footage is too sensitive for the public to know.
Mike Tadych, a representative for the Greensboro News and Record, went through what is believed to be a timeline of events.
This started when Jaieyeoba's daughters initially called the police and continued when the body camera footage was released to city council members.
Tadych also called into question a call that allegedly took place between the city manager and Greensboro's police chief afterward.
"Chief Thompson asked him if someone had contacted 911," Tadych said. "Chief Thompson then spoke with the first responding officer on the scene and instructed them to de-escalate the situation."
Tadych said this is just one of the many questions that could be answered if the footage was released.
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"We want full transparency," said Amiel Rossabi, the representative for the Greensboro Police Officers Association. "We want everybody to see it and make the decisions on their own, as opposed to having the City Council tell people paternalistically it's OK. We looked at it."
City attorneys then fired back, saying the nine hours of footage held information not meant for the public.
"This occurred in a private home after hours between family members," said Andrea Harrell, the senior assistant city attorney. "There's a lot of sensitive material, health information, there's juveniles right within a good portion of the video."
Attorneys also shot down the idea that the city manager was given preferential treatment by police and voiced concerns about the precedent this case could set.
So far, the court has not yet made a final ruling in this case.
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