A person has attempted to contact us over the Sheffield police video; however, we are uncertain of his identity. When someone is banned from our Facebook, only "Facebook User" shows up if they attempt to contact us. We do have a good idea who this person is due to his calling himself "Jack" in the video. Since we are unsure, we will present him here as Jack Doe.
We appreciate Mr. Doe's input, but cannot answer him on FB, due to the ban. He was struck from our user list due to language and his libelous statements regarding people who are not bloggers here. In short, we do not like harassment, but neither do we like police harassing those they serve.
We'll present a condensed version of Jack Doe's statement to us:
Mr. Doe was standing in front of the Sheffield Public library when he was faced with arrest for trespassing and threatened by officers. Doe is asking the city for body cam footage of the incident. One officer tore up Jack's protest sign and physically threatened him. When he appeared later at city hall in search of the mayor, he was again threatened.
If Jack will contact our blog at shoalanda.speaks@gmail.com, we can communicate in this manner. We're hoping to do a more detailed account of his arrest and later attempts to obtain what should be public information.
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