Video of arrest raises questions in Goldsboro community
NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON.
>> A VIDEO SURFACING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA IS DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF
PEOPLE ACROSS OUR AREA. AND WE
WANT TO WARN YOU THE VIDEO
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IT IS NOT
EASY TO WATCH. IT SHOWS A TENSE
MOMENT PLAYING OUT IN GOLDSBORO
HAS SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS
SURROUND A MAN WHO THEY SAY
RESISTED. THEN YOU SEE A POLICE
OFFICER APPEARS TO SWEEP HIS
LEGS UNDERNEATH HIM, PUSHING
DOWN TO THE GROUND. THIS
HAPPENING ON A CIRCLE IN
GOLDSBORO WRAL'S. HEIDI KIRK IS
LIVE FOR US AT THE BOULDER
POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE'RE
HEARING FROM GOLDSBORO POLICE
NOW, HEIDI, FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THIS INCIDENT SURFACED.
>> AND AND THAT SCENE ACTUALLY
PLAYED OUT JUST MILES AWAY FROM
WHERE WE'RE STANDING AT THE
GOLDSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON
THE HOLD UP MY PHONE AND HAVE
MY PHOTOGRAPHER GIVE YOU
ANOTHER GLIMPSE AT THIS VIDEO.
NOW, OF COURSE, THIS HAD
HUNDREDS OF LIKES COMMENTS AND
SHARES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. MANY
PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS WE
POSED THOSE SAME QUESTIONS TO
GOLDSBORO. POLICE TODAY.
>> AND THIS VIDEO SHARED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA IS 3 MINUTES IN
TOTAL, BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL THE
MINUTE. 45 MARK, WHEN THE MOST
TENSE MOMENT PLAYS OUT HERE,
YOU CAN SEE A MAN APPEARING TO
RESIST ARREST BY 3 GOLDSBORO
POLICE OFFICERS. THEN HERE
POLICE SWEEP THE MAN'S LEG IN
PUSH HIM TO THE GROUND. THE
VIDEO NOW SPARKING HUNDREDS
OF COMMENTS AND SHARES WITH
QUESTIONS. WE REACHED OUT TO
THE GOLDSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT
WITH SOME OF THOSE INCLUDING
WHO IS THIS MAN AND WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER THIS
VIDEO WAS TAKEN IN A STATEMENT,
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
GOLDSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAYS THE MAN IN THE VIDEO IS TO
LEAK CARTER.
THEY SAY POLICE RESPONDED TO
THE GRAND DAY POINTE APARTMENTS
AROUND 4.30, YESTERDAY AFTER
CARTER THREATENED EMPLOYEES OF
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEY
SAY CARTER RESISTED ARREST.
IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A WEAPON
THEY TOOK THE NECESSARY STEPS
TO SECURE HIM TO PREVENT
FURTHER INJURY TO THEMSELVES.
THEY SAY CARTER WAS INJURED IN
THAT INTERACTION AND RECEIVED
MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE
SPOKESPERSON ALSO SAYS, QUOTE,
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THE VIDEO CIRCULATING DOES NOT
DEPICT THE ENTIRE ENCOUNTER,
INCLUDING THE 4 MINUTE STRUGGLE
WITH OFFICERS PRIOR TO THE
MOMENT SHOWN THEY SAY CARTER IS
FACING A SERIES OF CHARGES
INCLUDING ASSAULT ON A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND
RESISTING ARREST.
NOW, THAT'S SPOKESPERSON FOR
THE GOLDSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAID THEY ARE REVIEWING THIS
SITUATION. WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT
CARTER'S STATUS RIGHT NOW.
THEY SAID THAT HE DID RECEIVE
MEDICAL ATTENTION TO A UNC