AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW AT SIX A VIDEO STALEMATE. TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE DEADLINE FOR THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF BODY CAM VIDEO OF GREENSBORO POLICE’S RESPONSE TO THE CITY MANAGER’S HOME. HOWEVER, WE LEARNED JUST A FEW HOURS AGO THE CITY IS TRYING TO BLOCK IT FROM BEING RELEASED. LET’S GO TO JOSHUA DAVIS. HE JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT IN GREENSBORO WITH THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. JOSHUA. TONIGHT WE LEARNED THE FOOTAGE WILL NOT BE RELEASED. AND INSTEAD, THE CITY HAS FILED A MOTION TO APPEAL A JUDGE’S DECISION TO RELEASE THAT FOOTAGE. CITY LEADERS ARE WORRIED THAT IF THE FOOTAGE IS RELEASED, IT CAN AND WILL SET A HARMFUL PRECEDENT MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. BUT WHAT IS THAT PRECEDENT? ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JOHN THOMPSON AND MAYOR NANCY VAUGHN RELEASING THE FOOTAGE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE COULD VIOLATE CITY MANAGER TAIWO JAIYEOBA AND HIS FAMILY’S RIGHT TO PRIVACY. TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER, IT MAY ALSO DISCOURAGE OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM SEEKING HELP FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AN EMERGENCY. THROUGHOUT THE NEWS CONFERENCE, WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF OF THE UNIQUE AND SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS CASE STEMMING FROM IT, INVOLVING A HIGH LEVEL CITY EMPLOYEES FAMILY. IT TAKING PLACE IN THEIR HOME. THE INFORMATION FROM POLICE GATHERED, INCLUDING STATEMENTS MADE BY FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT PREVIOUS MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENTS AND ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF, THE FACT THERE’S NO PROBABLE CAUSE FOR AN ARREST. CHIEF THOMPSON SAID IT’S A STRUGGLE BETWEEN REMAINING COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY VERSUS THE IMPACT ON PRIVACY RIGHTS, MOVING FORWARD. I DO THINK IT OPENS THE DOOR THAT ANY CITIZEN OUT HERE WHERE WE GO INTO THEIR HOME ON A CALL FOR SERVICE, COULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT VIDEO BEING PLACED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND I WOULD FLIP THAT QUESTION BACK ON ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. DO YOU WANT THAT? DO YOU, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER WANT THAT? AND IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT YOU WANTING TO CALL 911 TO ASK FOR HELP? AND WITH THIS MOTION TO APPEAL FILED, IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR BEFORE A RESOLUTION IS MADE LIVE IN
City of Greensboro appealing judge's decision to release body cam footage from city manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba's 'family disorder'
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A judge-drafted order for footage of police responding to the city manager's home to be released has been appealed by the city.Greensboro police went to Taiwo Jaiyeoba's home on Dec. 28 for an incident they called a "family disorder."Top StoriesNorth Carolina man convicted in killing of Winston-Salem police officer Sgt. Plouff released from prisonMount Airy man attacks wife, mother-in-law in deadly assault before shooting himself, deputies sayNorth Carolina woman charged after hitting two men with her car in Greenboro, killing oneGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking herePreviously redacted footage from that night was slated to be released on March 4. City leaders were worried releasing the footage would set a harmful precedent moving forward. According to police Chief John Thompson and Mayor Nancy Vaughn, releasing the footage involved in the case could violate city manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba and his family’s right to privacy. Taking it a step further, they argue it might also discourage other individuals from seeking help from law enforcement in an emergency. Throughout the news conference media heard from the mayor and police chief of the unique and sensitive nature of this case; from it involving a high-level city employee’s family, it taking place in their home, information gathered by officers from family members about previous medical and mental health incidents, and according to chief Thompson the fact there’s no probable cause for an arrest.Thompson said it’s a struggle between remaining committed to transparency, versus the impact on privacy rights moving forward."I do think it opens the door that any citizen out here, where we go into their home on a call for service could be subjected to that video being placed out into the community," he said. "And I would flip that question back on anybody in the community. Do you want that? Do you as a community member want that and is that as a possibility? How does that impact you wanting to call 911 to ask for help?" In the months following this incident and weeks after court hearings to determine what to do with the footage. Mayor Nancy Vaughn said she has spoken to the city manager about what happened. Not as city officials, but as one parent to another."We know that there are lots of families right now who are in different stress levels," she said. "I know it's hard to be a parent. It's hard to be a teenager these days, and sometimes things bubble over and I think we have to be careful to allow people to make mistakes and not have to end up on an internet for the rest of their lives."Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.TRENDING STORIES
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A judge-drafted order for footage of police responding to the city manager's home to be released has been appealed by the city.
Greensboro police went to Taiwo Jaiyeoba's home on Dec. 28 for an incident they called a "family disorder."
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Previously redacted footage from that night was slated to be released on March 4.
City leaders were worried releasing the footage would set a harmful precedent moving forward.
According to police Chief John Thompson and Mayor Nancy Vaughn, releasing the footage involved in the case could violate city manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba and his family’s right to privacy. Taking it a step further, they argue it might also discourage other individuals from seeking help from law enforcement in an emergency.
Throughout the news conference media heard from the mayor and police chief of the unique and sensitive nature of this case; from it involving a high-level city employee’s family, it taking place in their home, information gathered by officers from family members about previous medical and mental health incidents, and according to chief Thompson the fact there’s no probable cause for an arrest.
Thompson said it’s a struggle between remaining committed to transparency, versus the impact on privacy rights moving forward.
"I do think it opens the door that any citizen out here, where we go into their home on a call for service could be subjected to that video being placed out into the community," he said. "And I would flip that question back on anybody in the community. Do you want that? Do you as a community member want that and is that as a possibility? How does that impact you wanting to call 911 to ask for help?"
In the months following this incident and weeks after court hearings to determine what to do with the footage. Mayor Nancy Vaughn said she has spoken to the city manager about what happened. Not as city officials, but as one parent to another.
"We know that there are lots of families right now who are in different stress levels," she said. "I know it's hard to be a parent. It's hard to be a teenager these days, and sometimes things bubble over and I think we have to be careful to allow people to make mistakes and not have to end up on an internet for the rest of their lives."
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