Excessive force or Not enough force? YOU decide. Use of force – arrest – gun - Kalamazoo Michigan

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Kalamazoo, Michigan - On September 4, 2022, at 11:28 p.m., Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to 123 N. Sage St for reports of a subject waving a firearm outside an apartment complex. Prior to officers arriving on scene, it was reported that the armed subject had went inside the apartment building and was in a physical altercation with another subject.

When officers arrived on scene, contact was made with three subjects in a stairwell. Bodycam video shows a physical altercation ensued when officers attempted to secure the involved firearm.
After the altercation, three subjects were arrested and lodged at the Kalamazoo County Jail. Medical attention was provided for the subjects and officers. Charges were authorized by the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office for the following:

- Female, 24, one count of resisting and obstructing arrest.
- Male, 24, one count of resisting and obstructing arrest, two counts of resisting and obstructing arrest causing injury, and one count of felony firearm.
- Male, 22, one count of resisting and obstructing arrest and two counts of resisting and obstructing arrest causing injury.