Texas Metropolis arrest controversy
Some tense moments caught on digicam of a takedown by a Texas Metropolis police officer. FOX 26’s Abigail Dye has the most recent.
TEXAS CITY, Texas – A Texas Metropolis police officer is seen on tense video arresting a person who’s now charged with assaulting a peace officer.
Witness video captures tense moments involving Texas Metropolis police officer
What we all know:
TCPD says officer P. Behler was working with a Galveston County Sheriff’s Workplace Activity Drive outdoors the Ulta retailer on FM 517 in Kemah, however witnesses say they by no means noticed him hit the officer, and official data differ on the place and when the alleged assault occurred.
Weston Mabee was contacted round 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, outdoors the Ulta at 417 FM 517 in Kemah by Officer P. Behler, a Texas Metropolis police officer deputized to the Galveston County Crime Discount Unit, in response to a Texas Metropolis Police Division information launch.
Behler reported Mabee “refused all lawful instructions” and made repeated makes an attempt to get again into his car. The discharge states Mabee admitted he bought the license plate on-line. When Behler escorted Mabee to the entrance of the patrol automotive to finish the investigation, Mabee “started bodily resisting and struck Officer Behler within the face with a closed fist,” the discharge says.
Mabee’s companion, Felicia Aubert, says she, Mabee, and their three kids have been looking for faculty provides when Behler pulled up in his unit behind their parked automotive. She says he referred to as Mabee over with out explaining why. She stated Behler finally got here to Mabee and “bodily pulled him towards his car.”
Aubert says when the officer requested, “What’s up along with your license plate?” She went to her automotive to drag up documentation on her telephone. She stated she then heard commotion and turned to see the officer taking Mabee down, and that she by no means noticed Mabee hit the officer.
“Why would a police officer really feel the necessity to use such extreme pressure when my husband did not do something to him,” she stated.
A separate witness, who recorded extra video, additionally stated she didn’t see Mabee strike the officer.
“He was simply beating that younger child for no motive,” stated the witness.
An affidavit of possible trigger filed in Galveston County cites a timeline that barely differs from the division’s public assertion. Within the charging doc, Behler instructed the investigator he noticed a Chrysler with a fictitious plate within the Ulta lot and tried to detain Mabee, who resisted and continued to attempt to enter the car. The affidavit states Behler, “positioned the defendant on the bottom,” and after Mabee was on the bottom he “struck [Behler] within the left facet of the chin with a closed fist, inflicting him ache.”
The information launch would not point out a take-down, stating as a substitute the punch occurred after Mabee was escorted to the entrance of the patrol unit.
The division stated Mabee continued to be combative with extra responding officers and was positioned in “The Wrap,” a restraint system. The Galveston County District Legal professional’s Workplace accepted a cost of assault on a public servant, a third-degree felony.
Mabee was booked into the Galveston County Jail. Investigators advised the state set the bond quantity to $250,000. Nonetheless, a choose set Mabee’s bond at $100,000.
The Supply: Galveston County charging paperwork, Texas Metropolis Police, Felicia Aubert, nameless witness and witness video.
