http://world.commongate.com/po
st/Cop_...A car-mounted video
camera â?? more commonly used
by police than against them
â?? captured a loud and
threatening confrontation in
this tiny St. Louis County
community that left an officer
on suspension and the whole
world able to listen in. The
picture doesn't show much, but
the audio
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http://world.commongate.com/po
st/Cop_...A car-mounted video
camera â?? more commonly used
by police than against them
â?? captured a loud and
threatening confrontation in
this tiny St. Louis County
community that left an officer
on suspension and the whole
world able to listen in. The
picture doesn't show much, but
the audio part of the
recording, posted on Google
Video and YouTube on the
Internet, brought more than
300 protest calls to St.
George Police Chief Scott
Uhrig. 'I was very displeased
when I saw the actions on the
video,' Uhrig said. 'My
officers are not trained and
taught to act like that.' He
put Sgt. James Kuehnlein on
unpaid suspension pending
further investigation. Uhrig
said the officer's actions
were not justified, and he
insisted the episode is not
representative of his
department. A voice identified
as Kuehnlein's can be heard
taunting the driver and
threatening to jail him on
fabricated charges. The tape,
made late last week, was from
a camera running in the
vehicle Kuehnlein approached,
police said. Brett Darrow, 20,
of St. Louis, said he was the
driver who recorded the
exchange. He posted it online
Saturday. 'I wanted everybody
to see that this kind of stuff
does happen,' Darrow said. 'I
thought if I just go to the
chief or whatever, it would
just get swept under the rug.'

Category Film & Animation

Tags Brett, Darrow, Sgt., Kuehnlein, Kenline