Surveillance Equipment Helps Clear Officer of Racial Abuse Accusations

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<h1>Surveillance Equipment Helps Clear Officer of Racial Abuse Accusations</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_PC Surveillance.aspx'>PC Surveillance</a></strong><br /><p>An officer in Cleveland was cleared of racial abuse accusations after surveillance equipment footage showed that he acted properly. Read the story here. An officer in Cleveland detained a man involved a closing time incident in a West Sixth Street nightclub, and shortly after the Cleveland NAACP said that his actions were an example of police abuse and racial intolerance. The officer got into an altercation with Jason Ruiz, a recent graduate who was being aggressive with bouncers who wanted him to leave their club at closing time. Security cameras captured Ruiz’s actions inside the club as well as what he did once he was on the street. Ruiz resisted arrest, so the officer struck him in the face to subdue him. Despite what the NAACP thought about the incident, footage gathered from surveillance equipment located at the club and on the street showed that the officer acted properly. Race did not play a role in his actions. If video surveillance equipment had not been in place, it would have been difficult for police to determine what happened that night. That officer is now seeking an apology, but it’s hard to tell if he will receive one. Officer Anthony Sauto said his reputation was sullied and his character defamed by lawyers and politicians who billed the late-night arrest as a racial incident. Sauto said he thought a courtroom apology would help to clear his name and Judge Kathleen Keough said that she thought he was going to get one. "I did not think it was unreasonable for you to ask for an apology," she said. They trashed me through the media with no grounds," Sauto, a four-year member of the force, said outside the courtroom. "They played the race card when there was nothing racial." Jason Ruiz, a recent graduate of Morehouse College serving an internship with a Cleveland bank, did not comment during the hearing. He declined comment afterward through his lawyer, Helen Forbes Fields, who said her client has been through enough. Ruiz was arrested Aug. 21 after a closing-time incident that began inside a West Sixth Street nightclub. Police and bar security staff said Ruiz and his friends ignored instructions to leave the bar and that Ruiz became aggressive when a bouncer tied to escort him out. </p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/11/warehouse_district_incident_le.html">Read more</a> about how surveillance equipment was used to clear this Cleveland officer’s name. <p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Surveillance-Equipment-Helps-Clear-Officer-of-Racial-Abuse-Accusations_47374.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Surveillance Equipment Helps Clear Officer of Racial Abuse Accusations_47374.aspx</a></p>

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