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 appeal judge's decision to release footage of incident at city manager’s home
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Updated: 7:47 PM EST Mar 4, 2024
The city of Greensboro has appealed a judge's decision to release body-worn camera footage of an incident at city manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba's home.In February, a judge drafted an order to have the footage released. The video shows police body-camera footage of officers responding to an incident at the city manager’s home. Top Stories1 student killed, 2 injured following shooting at off-campus apartment near University of North Carolina at Pembroke58-year-old killed after 3 men broke into his home, 1 suspect hospitalized, Orange County deputies sayNorth Carolina Primary Election Day Voter Guide 2024: Important dates, Voter ID, voting, polling place search, voter registration and moreGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereGreensboro police went to Taiwo Jaiyeoba's home on Dec. 28 for an incident they called a "family disorder." 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."NAVIGATE: 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.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The city of Greensboro has appealed a judge's decision to release body-worn camera footage of an incident at city manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba's home.
In February, a judge drafted an order to have the footage released. The video shows police body-camera footage of officers responding to an incident at the city manager’s home.
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Greensboro police went to Taiwo Jaiyeoba's home on Dec. 28 for an incident they called a "family disorder."
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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