
by The Associated Press
Published: Fri, May 22, 2009 - 11:00 am CST
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Hoover police chief Nick Derzis says hisdepartment's edit of a police chase video left out the beating of
an apparently unconscious suspect because that part wasn't needed
in their investigation.
Derzis said his department turned the edited version of the tape
over to the Jefferson County district attorney's office, which
discovered the beating when it got the original a year later.
Derzis said the edited version left out footage of the beating
by five Birmingham officers because a Hoover investigator only
copied a portion that showed a Hoover officer nearly being hit by
the suspect's van.
Derzis said such editing is standard in investigations and the
original video was returned to Birmingham police.
The five officers were fired Tuesday and the Alabama Bureau of
Investigation is probing the beating and circumstances surrounding
the edited video.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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