![]() "The officer kicked him in the right leg so hard that the father collapsed, and then the officer yanked him back up. "He told the father to spread his legs, which the father did," the notice of claim the family filed with the city detailed. Ames is then pulled off the ground and pressed up against a police car before the officer kicks out one of his legs. The officer pulls Ames out of the car.Īnother video starts with Ames lying flat on the pavement as a Phoenix police officer handcuffs him. She tells him it wouldn't open and that her hands were up.Ī second officer then comes up to the front seat of the car with his gun drawn and points his weapon at Ames, according to the notice of claim. He bangs on the window and tells Harper, who was pregnant and holding her 1-year-old, to open the door and to put her hands up. Meyer then goes to the back driver's side door but could not open it because it was malfunctioning, the notice of claim detailed. ![]() In one of the videos, which was recorded by a resident of the apartment complex, officers can be heard yelling and cursing at the couple. Watch Video: Dravon Ames, Iesha Harper shown at Phoenix store before police incident comes up, open the door, banging on the window with a gun, saying he's gonna shoot us in the face, telling us to get out of the car," Ames said during a news conference. He alleged the officers didn't use lights or sirens before they walked over to the parked car carrying Ames, Harper and their two daughters, ages 4 and 1. The couple said it all stemmed from an anonymous call to police that their daughter stole a doll from a Family Dollar store - something the family says was an accident.Īmes said they were dropping off their daughter at the babysitter's apartment when an officer stopped them. "A 240-hour suspension is just not sufficient to reverse the adverse effects of his actions on our department, and our community," she said at the time. ![]() But, Williams had said, that wasn't enough. The Police Department's Disciplinary Review Board recommended Meyers receive a 240-hour unpaid suspension for his actions in the police stop. Mayor Kate Gallego created an ad-hoc committee to gather police reform recommendations from community members.Īnd now-former officer Christopher Meyer was fired by Police Chief Jeri Williams four months after the incident. Phoenix police began to have a written report each time an officer points a gun at a person. The incident involving Drames and Harper prompted some changes in the department, among them: It also has one of the highest police shooting rates in the country. The Phoenix Police Department, one of the largest police forces in the country, has been the subject of criticism for using force against, pointing guns at and shooting Black and Native American residents at higher rates in comparison to the city's population. Mass protests were prompted by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May but have continued in the Phoenix area on behalf of people killed by law enforcement here. The proposed settlement comes during a year when officers across the country, including in Phoenix, have come under intense scrutiny for their use of force. Records show Brown made her $10,000 bond.Watch Video: Dravon Ames and Iesha Harper speak about their experience with Phoenix police The judge said this statement made her question whether or not the gun was real, asking, "Why would they get rid of the gun?"īrown then said she had a gun for self-defense because she has been harassed and had her car stolen.ĭocuments show that the judge deemed Brown's actions a "wildly dangerous conduct to the community."īrown, 35, was given the condition to have zero contact with her neighbors, who she threatened, for a bond set at $10,000 and was denied a personal bond. Get with the program," the neighbor, Kierra Brown, reportedly told the couple while waving the weapon.īrown told officers with the Houston Police Department she was using a toy gun that her brother later got rid of, documents show. The couple allege when they knocked on one neighbor's door, she opened it while pointing a black gun at them, which she later claimed to be a toy gun. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - A not-so-neighborly dispute was taken to court after a woman allegedly pointed a gun at a couple who was giving a courtesy warning about an upcoming party in their Houston apartment complex.Ĭourt documents say a couple who lives in the complex was door-knocking to let neighbors know about a planned party in case there were to be loud noise. A Houston woman is accused of threatening her neighbors with a gun while they were door-knocking to let the community know about an upcoming party.
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