The Greensboro City Council has voted to release police camera footage from a controversial incident that took place in June. Council members say the footage shows “clearly wrongful conduct” by a former police officer.
The Council voted 7-2 to let the public see footage from a June 17th incident involving then-Officer Travis Cole.
The News and Record of Greensboro reports police will show the footage Monday afternoon. The department will also release all disciplinary and personnel actions related to Cole, who resigned in August.
Cole and his partner had been responding to a report of possible breaking and entering when they encountered Grady Yourse. At some point Cole used force, later determined to be excessive force, on Yourse's son Dejuan.
Council members expressed concern and outrage after a private viewing of the video Tuesday.
They didn't give any details about the footage, but were clearly disturbed by what they saw. One council member said the video made her “sick to her stomach.”
Cole was also disciplined over his conduct over a racially charged incident in 2014.
The vote by the council to release the police footage is something they won't be able to do much longer. After October 1, North Carolina will exclude such recordings from open records laws. After Oct. 1, an individual who appears in footage can ask law enforcement to review the recording.
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