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Past union president, now running for sheriff, was deemed to have used excessive force. Then Omaha's police chief stepped in.

Sgt. Aaron Hanson, a former president of Omaha’s police union, used excessive force when he kneed an already-handcuffed Omaha man, the Omaha Police Department’s Safety Review Board unanimously decided in 2018. The board recommended a low-level punishment.
But that punishment never happened. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer overruled the safety review board, a move that Schmaderer has made only twice in recent years, say Greg Gonzalez and George Merithew, both members of the review board at the time. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Erin Burnett OutFront 20140109 04:43:00

Sergeant john wells is president of the omaha police association, which put their video on their cite. mark hill and wendy walsh also join us. sergeant wells, i know this video was on facebook before it was posted on your site. but many disagree with you. how do you defend the decision to put this out there? great question, don. first of all, this video was public. it was on a person s facebook page. it was public for anyone to view at the time unedited. one of our followers tipped us off about this video. the whole point behind our facebook page and our website is to give the public not necessarily the national public because this has obviously received a lot of attention, law abiding citizens and voters an unfiltered view of what law enforcement deals with in the city of omaha on a day-to-day basis. some of that is uplifting. some of it is humorous. some of it is sad, some of it is ....

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Transcripts for CNN Erin Burnett OutFront 20140109 00:47:00

Jennifer says poor child doesn t even realize that she s doing anything wrong. it s abusive and invasive. the video will be out there forev forever. sergeant john wells is head of the omaha police association and wendy wallace is a psychologist. thank you all for joining us. sergeant wells, i know this video was on facebook before it was posted on your site. but many disagree with you. how do you defend the decision to put it out there. great question, don. first of all, this video was public. it was on a person s facebook page. one of our followers tipped us off about this video. the whole point behind our facebook pain and our website is to give the public not necessarily the national public because this has obviously received a lot of attention, law abiding citizens and voters an ....

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