NOPD cover-up in shooting death of Wendell Allen - video included

Background- Police do a no-knock warrant in house where toddlers were present for weed. Cop goes upstairs and 20 year old Wendell Allen is coming out of his room in PJ's, unarmed. Cop kills him. He later pleads guilty to manslaughter and is serving four years. Video shows no announcement before entry and you hear Allen crying as he lay dying

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Hutson's report points to flaws in the warrant that authorized the search, and notes that video showed officers didn't announce themselves before battering down the front door of the house or warned Allen before Colclough opened fire.

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It gets worse

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Hutson's report notes the department's investigation, led by Homicide Division detective Sgt. Bruce Glaudi, had significant flaws.

Glaudi, the report states, told officers he interviewed as witnesses that his investigation was about an "attempted homicide of a police officer," not an officer-involved shooting, and Glaudi was hostile during interviews with Allen's brother, who had witnessed the shooting.

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Gets even worse

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Glaudi also initially ignored that one of the officers in the raid said he had video of it, even after Glaudi was reminded about the officer's statement immediately by a deputy monitor who was present for the interview. Glaudi only sought out the video after the monitor complained to then-Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas and Public Integrity Bureau Director Arlinda Westbrook.

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Oh, it's bad

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The police monitor found the video contradicted statements by NOPD officers Roy Caballero, Nigel Daggs and Eugene Cummings, who said they knocked before battering down the door. Caballero, who was behind Colclough on the stairs, also said that Caballero warned Allen before Colclough fired.

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Despite the video evidence, Glaudi included those officers' statements in his report, and misstated the accounts of an 8-year-old and 14-year-old witness, the police monitor's review found.

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and finally, the worst, in my opinion

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Glaudi also fixated on the gun and preliminary tests that showed gunshot residue on Allen's hands and the hands of his brother and 19-year-old friend who were upstairs when Allen was shot. Final tests did not show any gunshot residue, but Glaudi did not include the information in his report, according to the monitor's conclusions.

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