His mom and dad held his hand. Theyre working it backwards. Matts experience as a cop taught him that officers can sometimes write themselves out of trouble through exaggerated and self-serving reports. Posted by 6 days ago. "These outages are minimal compared to what we saw today," Runnels said . Being a convicted felon and losing the only career he ever aspired to was a significant punishment for Runnels, Hobbs said. Lets take a look at the case of Bryce Masters, an 18-year-old white teen and the son of a Missouri cop. He wanted to prove himself, but he didnt know any of the details. I have to admit that I teared up at the part about minority victims, that never see the inside of a courtroom. Eric Garner was killed right in front of our eyes and yet no one was held responsible. It was because they fought, or they were stressed, he remembered hearing in his training. share. In the video, Runnels pulls Bryce over and approaches the car. This is a community diary. It was a war of attrition. Consider what the world of media would look like without The Intercept. Dr. Zipes is one of the worlds pre-eminent electrophysiologists (and often a witness against Taser International in product liability suits), so when Matt read the study he understood Dr. Augustins certainty in Bryces case. Weve all been duped. The NPI number of Timothy Runnels is 1053314336 and was assigned on May 2005. Stacy recalled pointing to one of the officers on the scene and asking Curtis, Is that the one who did it?. Dr. Augustin was firm. Funnels would have shot him outright and or the response team may not have been as thorough. Case Details Parties Documents Dockets Case Details Case Number: 19-2199 Filing Date: Runnels didnt answer. Daily Kos moves in solidarity with the Black community. He told Bryce that the officer shouldnt have gone into his pockets and the search was likely illegal. The recent Tasering of then 17 year-old Bryce Masters by Missouri cop Timothy Runnels has sparked outrage in the community and around the world. They couldnt believe he was up walking in less than a week. One robbery happens every 15 minutes. He didnt remember the fight. The lesson, Matt, is that it shouldnt have to take the near killing of your loved onefor you to acknowledge the pain and suffering of your fellow man. One aggravated assault happens every seven minutes. A measure of. It was Timothy Runnels. By Monday morning, September 15, Bryces core temperature had reached 92.6 degrees 6degrees below normal. It really should be that if someone with the power to deprive others of life, liberty, and freedom is found to have falsified evidence that resulted in a conviction, then they themselves should be sentenced to the full term that the charge carries. They called for scans and tests. Runnels stepped back, stood straight, took a shooting position, and again grabbed his Taser from its holster. "Today the jury sent a clear message to law enforcement that excessive force will . Baristas at two Kansas City-area Starbucks locations plan to unionize. Dr. Augustin said, Thats not what happened, Matt remembered. Instead of getting angry at his fellow officers, though, Matt felt sympathy for them. He was dead, said Matt. A former Independence police officer has been sentenced to serve four years in prison after violating the rights of a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop.Timothy Runnels used a Taser on Bryce . He knows there are manydeserving cases, especially involving minority victims, that never see the inside of a courtroom. Timothy Runnels now . Officer Timothy Runnels flagged Bruce Master in 2014, but the incident led to the boy's cardiac arrest and long physical and emotional recovery after Runnels tasered him. 2. I thought he shot him. All rights reserved. Trying to go back to normal meant putting himself back in the community. Then, to Runnels: Hes turning blue., Watching the video, Stacy was astounded. Why risk getting hurt? North Houston Spine and Sports Medicine 5643 Treaschwig Road Spring TX 77373 Work Phone: 832-934-9373 Website: North Houston Spine and Sports Medicine. One barb lodged in his chest and another in his abdomen. Am I under arrest? Set up meetings. He said hed once been funny and quick-witted, and could fit in with lots of different groups. Holy fuck, let off the goddamn trigger!. 3. Bryce let out a piercing scream. Since then, he has trained at the Moody Health Center, become . The video opened with a shot from the dashcam of Runnelss cruiser, the road rolling by, trees and sidewalks passing on both sides. Just shoot them with the Taser, and its over and done with.. 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Yet the FBI and the U.S. attorneys office assured the Masters that the dashboard recordingwas definitive. Timothy Runnels electrocuted the teen for 23 seconds during traffic stop, more than four times longer than cops are . Timothy is related to Carolyn Ann Runnels . While we are pleased that Mr. Runnels was held accountable for his actions, no one really wins in this scenario. The past 20 months have been emotionally and physically exhausting, the statement said. BARRY H. RUNNELS, age 72, of Washington CH, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at his home. The jury returned its verdict Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City after a week-long trial in the lawsuit brought by Bryce Masters against the former officer, Timothy Runnels. (Sept. 14, 2014) Miami Trace High School recently released the second nine weeks honor roll and honorable mention. After serving his sentence, Runnels will be placed on supervised release for two years. A snapping thud filled the room the sound of Bryces 175-pound frame hitting the pavement as his teeth crashed together and his jaw dislocated. This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Tasers told everybody, If youve got to put your hands on somebody, why? The outage impacted approximately 2,000 utility customers on U.S. 61, said Tim Runnels, a spokesperson for Entergy. Matt had heard that people sometimes died after a Taser shock, but chalked it up to a syndrome called excited delirium, which hed learned about in his Taser training. He wasnt just alive he was demonstrating awareness. His chin was split open. Eventually, they asked him how Bryce was doing. Bryce Masters was 17 at the time of the September 2014 confrontation with former Officer Timothy Runnels. Close. He had done exactly what his parents told him to do. A measure of justice for Bryce. He had been assured by instructors, trained by Taser International, that the electric current discharged by the Taser would not cause death. Independence, Missouri, is an aging suburb, the kind of place wealthy residents of Kansas City used to move to. Then he pulled him out of the car, handcuffed him, and drug him around the car. Matt wondered: If Dr. Augustin was right, and the Taser caused Bryces cardiac arrest, why hadnt he known about the risks? The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 111N00000X with license number 9478 (TX). Its really bad, she said. Outraged, Stacy called the station and demanded to speak to the officers involved. In a final sentencing hearing on June 1, Runnels was sentenced to four years in federal prison. save. Hes going to prison., Matt and Stacey were obviously outraged by what happened to Bryce and dealt with the heartbreaking circumstances of his injury every day. report. By the time the Masters arrived, paramedics were on the scene, attending to Bryce. Masters nearly died, according to testimony last week. State police reinvestigated the case and found that a deputy who originally gave sworn testimony that Sanford drew an accurate diagram of the crime scene, later contradicted that testimony, the prosecutors offices statement said. Bryce Masters in a coma at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Missouri, Sept. 16, 2014. Although sentencing guidelines called for a term of eight to 10 years, prosecutors recommended a sentence of no more than four years as part of the plea agreement. People were just shaking their heads, Stacy said. But I did.. And, when they do, theres someone on the receiving end of that., In his sons case, an officer is paying for his bad decision. For the next 24 hours, he would be in limbo as his brain tried to heal itself. Both Matt and Stacy immediately wondered what it would show. Our law has been submitted as a Resolution to the NAACP. As Matt walked around the stadium without Bryce that Sunday, he saw several Kansas City cops he knew on patrol. Members of the Daily Kos group Support the Dream Defenders launchedfour ongoing projects: 1. Finally, the Masters thought, they were going to get some closure and understand exactly what went wrong. Driver uncooperative, struggles, taser deployed, additional struggle. He was fired from the Independence Police Department after the encounter. Independence, Missouri - Video released on Monday shows a new view of the moment a police officer used a taser on a teenager. Runnels may have been a bad cop, but if he hadnt been given a device that Taser International had assured him was extremely unlikely to kill, then he might not have been tempted to shock a teenager who simply wanted to know why he was being arrested. A former Independence police officer who used a Taser on a teenager during a traffic stop last year has pleaded guilty to charges he violated the teen's constitutional rights. Ebola has killed about 9000 people in total; Republican governors kill 23,000 people PER YEARby refusing federal support for Medicaid, a story ignored by traditional media. Warning: This video contains graphic scenes of police violence. Later, when they got home and Bryce described what had happened, something about the arrest didnt seem right. Whenever you see these officers come out with a use of force, whether it be a shooting or a tasering or a whatever, there are phrases that always go in those reports, that weve been trained to put in there, Matt said. In a highly publicized Canadian inquiry into the 2007 Taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski in the Vancouver International Airport, a police psychologist accused the company of using the mythical disorder as a way to justify ridiculously inappropriate Taser use by police officers. Post-trial, Runnels argued that he was entitled to qualified immunity the legal doctrine that shields government officials from liability for conduct that does not violate clearly established law. 716. But for another three years, Taser International training slides continued to avoid mentioning potential cardiac effects. He was just being completely uncooperative with the officer, the spokesperson told KCTV. He and Stacy sat Bryce down. On one occasion, he said, he was out bowling when two officers approached him and sarcastically asked how he was doing. At the age of 12, Ali discovered his talent for boxing through an odd twist of fate. The complete dashcam video of Independence, Missouri, police officer Timothy Runnels tasering Bryce Masters on September 14, 2014. NINTH GRADE HONOR ROLL: Elliott Anthony, Carter Bainter, Caleb Bennett, Peyton Black, Allena Blanton, Jesse Bryant, Kennidi Burkhart, Cameron Casto, Jacob Cline, Averey Cockerill, Nathan Cockerill, Jordan Cordell, Meghan Cory, Jake Daniels, Makenna Davis, Sara Dawson, Jonathan Donson, Michael . When Masters refused to get out of his car, Runnels tried to drag him out, then drew his Taser and shot him. Stacy just looked on in horror. Once Bryce learned to drive again, Independence squad cars followed him several times, sometimes even pulling up next to him so the officers could smirk or wave. Following a five-day trial in December 2018, a jury awarded Masters $5 million in actual damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages, including $500,000 for prolonged use of the Taser and $1,000,000 for the pavement drop. He was transported back to the moment when everything changed, and despite how hard his life had become, he thought he would do it all the same way again. Hes going to prison. Then click "Follow," which will make all STDD diariesappear in "My Stream" of your Daily Kos page. But he also believes Runnelss argument that he didnt know that Tasers couldcause cardiac arrest. The FBI arrived within the hour. They didnt realize how long Bryce had been without oxygen. Toward the end of Runnels sentencing hearing on May 26, Bryce stepped to the front of the courtroom to give his victim impact statement. Runnels says, Youre under arrest. If thats my right, why would I let some cop try to take it away?, Matt felt betrayed. As part of his guilty plea, Runnels admitted that while he was employed as an officer of the Independence Police Department, he deprived the minor of his civil rights by deliberately dropping the minor face first onto the ground while the minor was restrained and not posing a threat to Runnels or others. Until that point, the Masters had no idea how long Bryce had actually been tased. Timothy Runnels was sentenced to four years behind bars for the 2014 tas After getting the phone call from Ketchmark, Matt and Stacy talked about what type of punishment would feel like justice to them. Youwere are the greatest. Look for a box or option labeled Home Page (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari) or On Startup (Chrome). Then with the teens arms handcuffed behind him, Runnels dropped the teens limp body face-first onto the pavement. I felt like he would have cared for an injured animal better.. But Bryce wasnt moving. Hes got his hand up on his car, his shades on, and hes looking pleased with himself, Stacy said. Nah, that cant even happen, he remembered saying. How he dragged the near-unconscious boy away from the dashcam and then callously dropped him so that his face hit theconcrete sidewalk is sickening. Today, he sees law enforcement through the eyes of a victim. Runnels said that 400 to 500 workers came in Monday to finish restoring power to the some 400 customers who were still without power Monday after the storm had initially knocked out electric . Thats what happened; there was no other plausible explanation. Wake up, guy, the officer said. KCUR serves the Kansas City region with breaking news and powerful storytelling. "Kos" and "Daily Kos" are registered trademarks of Kos Media, LLC. Officer Timothy Runnels was waiting to learn his fate after pleading guilty to a federal crime he committed almost two years ago, on September 14, 2014. She told the Masters that Bryce had scored a three. Then one morning in August 2014, after spending the night at a friends house in Independence, Bryce walked outside and approached his car, which was parked on the street. In another incident, a police cruiser blocked him in; a few nights later he was pulled over. But the information was not considered urgent enough to repeat annually.) The video showing what OfficerTimothy Runnelsdid to the teenager is almost unwatchable. The Taser did this. As a cop, though, he couldnt escape the thought that Bryce had somehow provoked him. I dont know, she said. 1,144,178 separate arrests were made by Texas law enforcement officers in the year 2010. I read Zipes study, and it just blew me away, Matt remembered. He had to serve time. Gillihan claimed hed received a call about a suspicious car parked overnight, and he was waiting when Bryce walked outside. Hes not breathing.Matt hung up and hit the gas. But in conversation after conversation, his fellow officers either doubted or were also surprised by Dr. Augustins theory. Matt headed to jail and posted Bryces bail. We hope that todays sentence will allow Bryce to begin to focus on his future. He hadnt seen most of them for a while, so they all made small talk. For 30minutes, he had to take deep, long breaths, with his tongue depressed and a tube jammed down his throat, before the doctors felt he was out of the woods. Runnels also was indicted on charges of depriving Masters of his civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice. Judge Dean Whipple had not yet watched the governments key piece of evidence a dashboard video because he wanted to do so with attorneys present to make arguments. In hindsight, Matt was fixated on the Taser and not on the other evidence in front of him. A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. By Wednesday evening, the medical staff was ready to give Bryce a crucial test. These are classic signs of a brain injury., What Id seen with his posturing made me want to look away, Stacy said. According to a press release from the FBI, Runnels had deprived the minor of his civil rights by deliberately dropping the minor face first onto the ground while the minor was restrained and not posing a threat to Runnels or others. A court date was set for September 11, almost a year after Runnels tased Bryce. Runnels, who was fired from the Independence Police Department after his encounter with Masters, pleaded guilty in 2015 to a single deprivation of rights charge and was sentenced to four years in. One woman looked down and covered her eyes with her hand. He found himself doing things out of character, like punching holes in the drywall at his parents house when he became frustrated. Our bill quickly earned endorsements from the NAACP and the ACLU. It was clear this was not a random stop; Runnels knew exactly who Bryce was. It was deliberate, cold, and devoid of empathy or humanity. . The Masters didnt worry much about Bryce in high school. The video above shows Runnels approaching a pulled-over vehicle being driven by Bryce Masters, then 17, who was on his way to play video games with a friend. Who beat the shit out of me? Both blood and mucus had crusted around Bryces nose. The video and other evidence presented at the sentencing demonstrates that Runnels then deliberately dropped the handcuffed victim face-first into the pavement. "Well, you better learn how to fight before you start challenging people," Martin reportedly told him at the time. Even on the night of Runnels sentencing, Bryce said, he was followed by an Independence squad car for at least 3miles. M. Tye Grant, the Kansas City Police Department updated its certification training after the bulletin was distributed in 2009 and noted the changes in a 2010 in-service update. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. After handcuffing him, Runnels lifted the unconscious teen by his arms and dragged him several feet to a driveway before dropping him face-first onto the concrete, fracturing four teeth and causing abrasions on his face. That same month, Matt went in for his annual in-service update an hourlong training session in which officers go over updated information about how to legally deploy police tactics, including the use of Tasers. The memories he had formedover 17 years, many of the things he thought made him who he was, no longer applied. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri announced that former Independence, Missouri, Police Officer Timothy Runnels was sentenced to 4 years in prison for violating the constitutional rights of a minor who was in his custody. View the profiles of people named Timothy Runnels. His attorney, J.R. Hobbs, asked Whipple to place Runnels on probation. Because youre only as good as the training.. He didnt understand why we wanted to go so early, and he threw a fit, Matt said. Warning: This video contains graphic scenes of police violence. Although the minor suffered cardiac arrest and facial injuries, he survived the incident due to timely medical treatment by medical personnel at the scene and at the hospital. Stacy and Matt cried as Bryce fought. Lexipol. As part of his guilty plea, Runnels admitted that while he was employed as an officer of the Independence Police Department, he deprived the minor of his civil rights by deliberately dropping the minor face first onto the ground while the minor was restrained and not posing a threat to Runnels or others.
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