NEW CITY— A video showing Albert Payne, a man arrested for possessing marijuana, being pushed up against a wall and wrestled to the ground in police custody was released Friday as part of a mass release of police videos by the Independent Police Review Authority.
Payne was arrested for holding less than 2.5 grams of weed on October 7, 2015.
The video shows the police officer processing Payne and then suddenly grabbing him and shoving him into a door. The officer, with both hands on Payne, then wrestles him to the ground.
The incident begins after the 42:00 minute mark:
The massive release of videos includes many open cases, some of which are the subjects of lawsuits. At a news conference Friday, IPRA boss Sharon Fairley stressed that videos do not paint a complete picture of what happened in each incident, and many lack context.
“It's really important for you to keep in mind that these materials may not convey all of the facts and considerations that are relevant [to an officer's conduct," she said.
The video and details in the case were released as part of a massive data dump by IPRA on Friday, showing documents and videos in more than 100 Chicago police misconduct cases.
The release comes after Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appointed Police Accountability Task Force called on the Chicago Police Department to acknowledge racism and fight the "code of silence" that keeps officers from being held accountable.
That task force also called for videos to be more readily released to the public, within 60-90 days.
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