Report via The Kansas City Star -- The Topeka Police Department apologized Monday for a Father’s Day tweet that encouraged people to turn in the father of their children if they have outstanding warrants.
“Does your child’s father have warrants?” the department asked Sunday on Twitter, according to a screen shot of the tweet.
“Is he carrying around any drugs? Has he been committing any crimes?” the tweet continued. “Want to give him a Father’s Day he’ll never forget? Call TPD and we’ll help your family make a memory that will last a lifetime.”
The tweet appeared to have been deleted within an hour.
In a statement Monday morning, the police department said the tweet, sent by a member of its social media team, was meant to be lighthearted. Instead, it upset some members of the public.
“This will be a learning experience and goes to show that words, even when intended to be humorous, can be hurtful to others,” the police department said. “Thank you to all who reached out, letting us know how you felt.”
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Report via CNN -- A Phoenix couple is seeking $10 million from the city after a video showed police officers drawing a gun on them after their 4-year-old daughter allegedly stole a doll from a Family Dollar store.
Dravon Ames and fiancee Iesha Harper told CNN they didn't notice when their daughter walked out with a Barbie from the store last month. They've filed a notice of claim against the city for $10 million, which serves as a precursor to a lawsuit.
Soon after they left the store, Ames said the couple pulled into an apartment complex to drop their daughter off at a babysitter. Then an officer began banging against their window, yelling and threatening to kill them.
"Our hands are up, we're just trying not to get shot, trying to stay calm," Ames said. "He had a gun drawn."
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego apologized to the family in a statement on Saturday, saying the city is speeding up the implementation of body-worn cameras across its police department.
"I, like many others, am sick over what I have seen in the video depicting Phoenix police interacting with a family and young children. It was completely inappropriate and clearly unprofessional," Gallego wrote in a Facebook post. "There is no situation in which this behavior is ever close to acceptable. As a mother myself, seeing these children placed in such a terrifying situation is beyond upsetting."
Officer did not identify himself, family says
Ames said there were no sirens or lights to indicate that they were being pulled over beforehand and the officer who was pointing a gun at them did not immediately identify himself as an officer. The incident took place on May 29, the family said. Police said they were made aware of video on June 11.
In the 12-minute blurred-out video posted on the department's Facebook page, one officer can be seen handcuffing Ames, first on the ground and then against a police car. The officer kicks Ames and can be heard yelling multiple times, "When I tell you to do something, you f****** do it."
Another officer appears to be pulling a gun on the passenger side of the couple's vehicle before Harper exits the car, holding a small child, with a second child by her side. An officer is seen attempting to yank the child from her arms before a bystander offers to take her children.
Harper, who was five months pregnant at the time, said she was terrified.
"I I really thought he was gonna shoot me in front of the kids," she told CNN by phone Friday. She chose to give her two children to a "complete stranger because I didn't trust the police to have her." During the video, officers can be heard telling her to get her hands up.
The city has 60 days to respond to the notice of claim and the next step is filing a lawsuit, said Thomas Horne, the family's attorney. In his notice, he says the officers committed battery and unlawful imprisonment, among others, and both the police department and city are liable because of "inadequate policies, training, supervision."
The department is investigating
Authorities said the incident is under investigation.
"The Phoenix Police Department takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and for this reason, this incident is currently being investigated by the Professional Standards Bureau," the department said. It is not clear who recorded the video or what transpired beforehand. There is no body cam footage of the incident, Phoenix Police Department Sgt. Tommy Thompson told CNN.
Thompson said they cannot provide additional information due to pending litigation.
He told CNN affiliate KNXV that the officer who is seen sweeping Ames' leg is now on a nonenforcement assignment. The police department has not named any of the officers involved. Thompson also told the affiliate there was more to it than the claim of the stolen doll, but would not expound on it. The affiliate reported that police said there were other stolen items in the vehicle besides the doll.
While the family's claim said the incident happened "on or about May 29," the police statement said it was May 27.
A community meeting with the city's police chief and other officials is scheduled for Tuesday, Gallego said in the Facebook post.
Police chief 'disturbed' by officer's action
In a video posted to the department's Facebook page Friday, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said she was "disturbed by the language and the actions of our officer."
"I assure you that this incident is not representative of the majority of Phoenix police officers who serve this city," Williams said.
The chief said she began an "immediate internal investigation" as soon as she became aware of the video.
"I wish investigations could be handled instantly, but each one takes time and deserves the due diligence before we can discuss specific details," she said.
Harper and Ames say both their daughters are traumatized, and their 4-year-old has been having nightmares and wetting the bed since the incident.
Their second daughter, just a year old, suffered "dead arm," after the officer tried to yank her from her mother.
The couple is still shaken up too. Ames said he was worried about his children and felt helpless during the incident.
"I'm supposed to protect my family, I'm cuffed up ... I'm hearing my daughter screaming, my fiancée being handled. It broke me down so much," he said.
Reverend Jarrett Maupin, a spokesman for the family, told CNN Ames is lucky to be alive. "He was totally compliant, submissive even still not enough to save him from the ferocious violence of the police department," Maupin said.
The couple says they were both released shortly after the arrest and were not charged.
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Report via Billboard -- During a probable cause hearing on Friday (June 14), police detectives claimed to have video evidence that shows Lil Durk firing a weapon on Feb. 5 while driving near The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta, according to WSB-TV.
A judge ruled that the court had found probable cause to charge Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, and his co-defendant, rapper King Von, with five felony charges that include criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assualt, unlawful for employed by/associated with criminal street gang to conduct/participate in crime, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Durk will remain behind Fulton County bars without bond for the foreseeable future. The 26-year-old turned himself in on May 30 after an arrest warrant was issued in his name. The charges are tied to the aforementioned Feb. 5 drive-by shooting at The Varsity that resulted in one victim, Alexander Weatherspoon, being rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his thigh. Prosecutors added that Durk was involved in carrying out a robbery of the 23-year-old victim for $30,000, jewelry, and his vehicle, all prior to the shooting.
The Chicago native declared his innocence in a statement to WSB-TV. "Once I heard, I immediately came back," he said prior to turning himself in. “I have nothing to hide. I have nothing to run from." Durk also released a track in an attempt to clear his name. "Look up at the judge, can't look, stay makin' up lies for sure/ I'm a innocent man for sure, it is what it is for sure/ Nobody gon' ride, had a warrant so I can't hide," the OTF honcho raps.
Billboard has reached out to Durk's reps for comment.
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