Florida : Officers Stand By and Watch Three Black Teens Drown ( Dashcam Video Released )

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Dashcam Video Appears to Show Officers Stand By as 3 Teens Drown in Pinellas County

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"PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA – Dominique Battle, 16, Ashaunti Butler, 15, and Laniya Miller, 15, drove into a pond while fleeing the two officers, police said. The officers do not appear to attempt aid in the video.

Last month in St. Petersburg, Fl, a Pinellas County Sheriff praised his deputies for ripping off their gun belts while trying to save the lives of three teenage girls from drowning after they accidentally drove a vehicle into a pond during pursuit.

The video shows the deputies exiting their vehicles, standing on the shore, proceeding to listen and comment on hearing the teenager’s screams, but doing nothing else.

There was no running in the pond in attempts to rescue the girls, just commentary while the car submerged into the swamp. In the video, one officer can be heard saying, “I hear them yelling, I think!”

During the two hour wait for a tow truck, the deputies still took no action. Once the screams came to a complete halt, one officer responded, “They are done. They are 6-7 dude.”


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Last Edited by Dace on 04/22/2016 09:37 AM