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IT'S A VIDEO THAT -- ON ITS
OWN -- COULD PAINT THE
OCEAN CITY POLICE IN A
NEGATIVE LIGHT -- BUT TOWN
OFFICIALS SAY THIS áONEá
VIDEO DOESN'T TELL THE
áENTIREá STORY.
NATS
THIS IS VIDEO SENT TO US
BY A WITNESS ON THE BEACH
-- WHEN FOUR INDIVIDUALS
WERE ARRESTED AFTER AN
ALTERCATION WITH POLICE
SUNDAY.
48:45 WE JUST WANT TO
REMIND EVERYONE THAT A
VIDEO DOES NOT SHOW A 360
DEGREE VIEW OF WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED 48:50
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE
BEACH AT NORTH DIVISION
STREET -- SUNDAY
AFTERNOON -- WHERE A LIFE
GUARD SAYS HE WAS
THREATENED -- AFTER ASKING
A MAN -- AND AN APPARENTLY
UNRULY GROUP HE WAS WITH
TO CALM DOWN.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED --
AN ALTERCATION WITH
OFFICERS FOLLOWED...
52:08 THREE OTHER
INDIVIDUALS ASSAULTED OUR
OFFICERS, INCLUDING THE
FEMALE THAT YOU
REFERENCE, AND THE
OFFICERS HAD TO TAKE THE
NECESSARY STEPS TO BRING
THEM INTO CUSTODY 52:20
INCLUDING THE ARREST OF
TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD
DALIMA PALMER -- THE
PREGNANT WOMAN SEEN
HERE IN A BLACK AND PINK
DRESS.
THE FOUR -- ABDUL
KARGBO, MUSA SEISAY, AND
SAIDU KARGBO WERE TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY -- WHEN
PALMER REPORTEDLY BEGAN
TO EXPERIENCE LABOR PAINS
-- AND WAS TAKEN TO PRMC
FOR AN EMERGENCY C-
SECTION...
48:51 IT IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES
PLAYED OUT THE WAY THAT
THEY DID, BUT AT THIS TIME,
WE DO BELIEVE OUR
OFFICERS FOLLOWED A
DEPARTMENTAL POLICY 49:00
THAT POLICY: USING
"EQUAL FORCE AGAINST
EQUAL RESISTANCE."
AND ACCORDING TO OCEAN
CITY OFFICIALS -- PUBLIC
RESPONSE HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE --
AND THE TOWN STANDS BY
THEIR FORCE.
2:48 RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T
HAVE ANY REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULDN'T
SUPPORT OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT 2:51
THE WOMAN IN THE VIDEO
-- DALIMA PALMER -- WAS
OFFICIALLY CHARGED TODAY
-- WITH SECOND DEGREE
ASSAULT -- DISORDERLY
CONDUCT -- AND A NUMBER
OF OTHER CHARGES.
WHILE A FRIEND CLOSE TO
THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN
THE INCIDENT SAYS THEY
PLAN TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION
-- NO OFFICIAL CHARGES HAVE
BEEN FILED AGAINST THE