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".TASER TASER TASER"
CONTROVERSIAL VIDEOS OF A
BART POLICE OFFICER. TASING
A PASSENGER. AND THEY HAVE
SOME CRITICS LEVELING
CHARGES AT THE BART POLICE
DEPARTMENT. OF EXCESSIVE
FORCE AND RACIAL PROFILING.
TONIGHT, KRON 4'S DAN
KERMAN SPEAKS WITH THE
CHIEF, AND WE HEAR FROM A
WOMAN ON THE TRAIN
FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH GRANT
LODES. HE IS HERE TO SHOW US
THE DRAMATIC VIDEOS. GRANT.
WE'LL GET TO THE VIDEOS IN
A MOMENT.BUT FIRST.THE MUG
SHOT OF THE PERSON WHO WAS
TASED.
ROBERT ASBERRY WAS BOOKED
AT THE SAN MATEO COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN LATE
JANUARY.ASBERRY WAS
RELEASED THIS MORNING.
AT THE TIME OF THIS
INCIDENT THERE WAS A WARRANT
OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
NOW.LET'S TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE THE VIDEOS.
"TASER SOUND ENDS"
THE FIRST VIDO SHOWS THE
INITIAL TASING UP CLOSE.
THE SECOND, DIFFERENT VIDEO
SHOWS THE SECOND TASING
FROM A DISTANCE.
POLICE SAY THEY GOT A CALL
ON JANUARY 29TH ABOUT A
DRUNK GUY HARASSING PEOPLE
ON A BART PLATFORM.
WHEN POLICE GET THERE, THE
SUSPECT IS NOT ON THE
PLATFORM, BUT THEY FIND A
MAN MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION
ON THE TRAIN.
ITS ASBERRY. POLICE
CONFRONT HIM AND ASK HIM TO
GET OFF THE TRAIN.THEY SAY
HE RESISTED.WHICH LED TO THE
TASING.
LATER, MORE BART OFFICERS
ARRIVE AND THEY SAY ASBERRY
AGAIN REFUSES TO COMPLY
WITH OFFICERS ORDERS AND HE
IS TASED FOR A SECOND TIME
EVENTUALLY HE IS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY FOR RESISTING
ARREST AND PUBLIC
INTOXICATION.
WITH POSTED BOTH METALS ON
OUR WEB SITE KRON4-DOT-COM
>> :
THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT FOR BART POLICE.
IS INVESTIGATING. AND THE
INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR,
IS ALSO LOOKING INTO THE
INCIDENT.
NEW AT 8. KRON 4'S DAN
KERMAN TALKS TO BART'S
CHIEF OF POLICE. AND WE ALSO
HEAR FROM A WOMAN WHO WAS ON
THAT TRAIN. WHO IS CRITICAL
OF HOW POLICE HANDLED THE
SITUATION.
>> :
TO OUR PASSENGERS TAKE THE
VIDEO OF ROBERT ASBURY.
ANOTHER PERSON A LOT ABOUT
IT. HE SPOKE TO ASBURY
BEFORE GOING TO THE TRAIN HE
DID REVIEW IS AN IMPLICIT
AMPLE WARNING BEFORE TAKING
HIM ON THE FIRST TIME. SHE'S
CRITICAL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
LATER SHE SAID ONCE OTHER
OFFICERS ARRIVED THE TASTE
AND A SECOND TIME WITH THE
SICKENING FIVE SECOND SHOT
THAT WAS UNNECESSARY AND
EXCESSIVE. >> :
AND I CANNOT PREJUDGE
WHETHER IT IS OR IS NOT THE
SEX OF FORCE. UNLESS THE
PUBLIC TO DO THE SAME THING.
A POLICE CHIEF IS HOLDING
OFF ON ANY CONCLUSION TO ALL
FACTS ARE AND HE DOES ONE
MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. HE IS
SPEAKING STRUGGLING WITH THE
OFFICERS. >> :
EPILOGUE PROST SHE ALSO
ACCUSED ARE PLEASED OF
RACIAL PROFILING. BECAUSE AS
VERY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN
STOPPING THE FIRST PLACE
BECAUSE HE WASN'T POSTED
CLOSING OF THAT. >> :
SHE SAYS THAT WAS ALL
ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. THIS
STOCK BECAUSE HIS
DESCRIPTION OF A MAN I WAS
PRESSING PEOPLE ON A
PLATFORM. >> :
THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS CAN