Newly submitted bystander video proves police narratives false
By Molly Keller
On October 11th of last year, two bystanders to an arrest were themselves arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with a police officer, and in one case, assault and battery on a police officer. A video of the events leading up to both arrests was recently shared with the Northwestern District Attorney’s office and obtained by The Shoestring. This video contradicts much of the police narrative of the event, but the District Attorney has chosen to continue prosecuting the case anyway.
According to police narratives, officers were responding to a report of a possible past break-in at Forget-Me-Not florist at 114 Main St. The owners said they hadn’t locked up the night before, and someone had let themselves in, stayed for about an hour, and took a decorative mask that was eventually found across the street. Nothing else had been taken from the store. Shortly afterwards, officers saw someone, later identified as Natalie Hansen, that looked like the person in the surveillance video. They followed her into an alley off of Strong Ave where they attempted to arrest her. Some sort of violent struggle occurred between the officers and Hansen. None of this was captured on video.
The video submitted to the DA, taken by a bystander, begins after the physical struggle between Hansen and the police is over. We see Hansen lying on the ground in distress with one female officer kneeling next...
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