Grand Jury to Review Excessive Force Claim [WATCH RAW DASHCAM VIDEO]
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/223161391.html
...........West's attorney said he wants the city to "do the right thing."
"In the event that the city does not resolve this case or doesn't want to resolve this case and I hope they do," Fred Conrad said, "we are prepared to litigate and to fight."
Conrad says the city by law now has six months to respond or he will file suit.
A Leon County grand jury also voted this afternoon to review the arrest at its next meeting on October 14th.
State Attorney Willie Meggs says the grand jury will hear from witnesses and review the videotape then. "I don't know where it will go," Meggs said. There are a range of possibilities anytime a grand jury meets. he said. "I'm not going to speculate on what 20 people may do," Meggs said.
Among the options available to the grand jury? It could result in no action, a no true bill, a presentment or an indictment.
Tallahassee's interim police chief Tom Coe said that is certainly within the state attorney's parameters to take the case to the grand jury, "but based on my review and law enforcement experience," he said "I do not see any criminal actions by the officers involved."
Earlier in the day, Coe said he is changing the department's policy for arrests that result in injury.
"Anytime there's a serious injury, and there's a video tape, for example, from the patrol car videos, we'll pull that video and look at that tape too, to make sure the written report corresponds with the video tape," Coe said.
Coe - who headed up TPD from 1994 to 1997 - took over as interim chief when Dennis Jones abruptly retired last week. That retirement came just days after the videotape of West's DUI arrest went viral.........
There are several articles on case at this link. So nobody in LE thinks the officers did anything wrong but the officers are on admin leave, the chief suddenly retired, procedures were changed and the grand jury decided to investigate? OK...