Released video shows cops getting attacked while making arrest

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Newark Police Friday evening released clips from body worn camera footage of an incident earlier this week where three officers attempting to make an arrest were attacked and injured by a group of people.

The department said that it does not usually release camera footage during an investigation but wanted to do so due to “numerous rumors and erroneous reports” about the attack.

“Typically, when a criminal investigation is underway, we don’t release the footage per policy,” Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said in a statement. “Regardless, when police wear body worn cameras, the public expects that we have nothing to hide. Therefore, I believe it is in the best interest of the public to release this video—especially in light of all the false information circulating about this incident.”

Two Newark Police officers and a detective from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office were patrolling the area of Fabyan Place and Cypress Street around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in response to recent gun violence in that area, when they approached a group of men on the street and attempted to stop one man who was suspected of gun possession, O’Hara has said.

The video, which did not consist of all of the footage taken at the scene, can be seen here. It starts with officers confronting a group of men near an open van when several men get into a scuffle with the officers.

The officer from where the body cam footage was taken continues to order the men to stop before one of the men grabs his camera and throws it to the ground.

The footage then cuts to another officer attempting to put handcuffs on a man who shouts “record me too” before that officer’s camera also is knocked to the ground.

The video then shows a larger group of officers attempting to put handcuffs on a man who does not cooperate so the officers take him to the ground to cuff him before picking him up and putting him in the back of a cop car.

O’Hara said a longer version of the video was still being processed, but was not currently available.

He has said two brothers of the suspect came to the scene and “physically interfered” with the arrest and the officers called for backup and two officers were injured while attempting to make the arrest, officials said. The officers were taken to University Hospital with minor injuries and were later released, authorities said. No other injuries were reported.

Branden K. Rodwell, 31, of Newark, and Justin Rodwell, 30, of Irvington, were arrested at the scene, O’Hara said. Jaykil A. Rodwell, 28, and Jasper D. Spivey, 24, both of Newark, were arrested Wednesday after surrendering to police following issuances of arrest warrants for each on “charges related to this incident,” he said.

Branden and Justin Rodwell each face charges of three counts of aggravated assault against a police officer, obstruction of the administration of the law, and resisting arrest, police said. Jaykil Rodwell and Spivey each face charges of three counts of aggravated assault against a police officer, obstruction of the administration of the law and hindering apprehension or prosecution.

Rodwell was the person police were originally arresting, O’Hara told NJ Advance Media.

The incident is now under investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, confirmed the agency’s spokeswoman, Katherine Carter.

A gun was not recovered at the scene, Carter added.

The release of the video comes after Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Thursday, pushed back on the police union president’s version of what happened during the arrest. He accused Newark FOP Lodge No. 12 President James Stewart of spinning a “false narrative” about the officers being pummeled to the ground and attacked by a mob.