WATCH: Footage of Scuffle Between Champaign Police & Alton Corey

By Tactical-Life

An Illinois police department has released body camera footage of an altercation that prompted an excessive force lawsuit. The footage casts a new light on claims made by the accuser and shows that the officers were justified in their actions. See it above.

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The Incident

On the evening of Oct. 17, 2017, Officers William Killin and Dillon Holloway of the Champaign Police Department responded to a report of a battery at an apartment building on the 1500 block of Kiler Dr. in Champaign. At the beginning of the body camera footage, the officers are greeted in the stairwell by the upset woman who called the police.

“He’s got really bad anger problems … He gets really drunk sometimes,” the woman says of 62-year-old Alton Corey in between tears. “He threw all my stuff in the hallway and hit me in the head.”

The officers knock on Corey’s door. Corey opens the door and immediately goes on the offensive.

“What! What the f***!” Corey yells.

Killin and Holloway tell Corey to calm down. Corey refuses and tries to shut the door on the officers. Holloway puts his foot …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life