[Unidentified Male:] Get out of the car. Get out of car right now! Get out! Get out of the car! Get out of the car! Get out of the car. I did nothing wrong. Out of the car!
[Jackson:] Tonight, a New Jersey man facing several years behind bars is exonerated after dashcam video shows the real story. What he says, well, that cops used unnecessary and excessive force. Now, Marcus Jeter is suing and those police are in big, big trouble with the law. Now this video shows Marcus Jeter pulling over as a police car flashes its lights behind him. The two officers approach, holding guns, one pointed directly at Jeter. Then another officer drives across the median into oncoming traffic slamming right into the front of Jeter`s car. That cruiser`s dashcam video allegedly captured Jeter in the car with his hands up when his window is smashed and he`s punched and elbowed in the face, despite his hands in the air. The officers claim that Jeter was resisting arrest and you know what? Going for his gun. Listen to this.
[Unidentified Male:] Get out of the car! Get out of the car! Get out of the car! I did nothing wrong. Told you to stop. Get out of the car! I did nothing wrong. Get out of the car! Don`t grab me! Get the out of the car! Stop grabbing me. I`m not grabbing you. Don`t go for my gun. Get down! Stop resisting. Stop resisting. I`m not resisting Why are you trying to
[Jackson:] As if this wasn`t enough, the video also appears to show the officer punched Jeter right in the head after he was already cuffed. Now, Jeter was charged with eluding police, resisting arrest and assault. But when prosecutors finally saw this shocking video, the second video, all the charges were dismissed. Now two of the officers have been indicted for falsifying reports. One of them for assault and yet another has pleaded guilty to tampering. I`ll take it straight out to the lion`s den and you, C.W. Jensen. How should the prosecutors treat the police officers who were involved who were clearly saying, stop resisting, you`re going for me gun, when he was doing none of the above?
[Jensen:] Well, obviously a video and everybody`s story isn`t what`s the deal. It`s tough right now. The officers have been indicted. The suspect or the whatever the guy, the driver is free to go. Now will the officers be convicted of any crime? I`ll be honest, I`ll use a really technical term here. This was a GoPro. They kicked the guy`s butt. We all need to see what the end game is. I just don`t know why they did what they did. I`m not saying
[Jackson:] Heather Hanson, don`t we know what the end game is? Apparently, they went to his home, it was a domestic disturbance. They tailed him. He left. They followed him. What should happen here, Heather?
[Hansen:] They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We need bad cops to be prosecuted so the good cops are protected. The great thing about this is that we had the camera on the car and we were able to obtain these tapes so these officers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We can`t have people like this on the force.
[Jackson:] So Ruby, we know there are great cops out there. We appreciate you and respect you and admire you. Robi Ludwig, this is a pretty traumatic event, is it not? How will this event stain him in his life experiences moving forward?
[Ludwig:] Well, what I was amazed about first of all, when you hear about this victim talk about his story, he was so even about it. And what amazed me is when he put his hands up and the police officers were coming after him, it`s almost like he knew how to play the offensive. He knew how to present himself in a way where he wouldn`t be considered threatening. I think we have the situation of cops who were sadistic for whatever reason and hateful towards the people that they have to interact with. They should be prosecuted. This guy survived. He`s able to tell his story and the truth has come out. So I think in some ways, he`s in a really good place.
[Jackson:] Absolutely. Now just so that you know, we did try to reach out to the Bloomfield Police Department and the three officers involved. We heard back from the attorney of one of the officers. That`s Orlando Trinidad. He`s the one charged with assault as well as falsifying reports. The attorney says, quote, "At the end of the case, I fully expect Orlando Trinidad to be exonerated. We really filed a motion to dismiss the indictment due to what we believe whatever is in the presentation of the case to the grand jury. We believe that the presentation was defective and that the indictment should be dismissed. In the event the motion is denied, we will be fully prepared to present our case to a jury. The officers also plan to file a joint motion to suppress certain evidence including that dashcam video. A clear head on view of exactly what happened. And so I go to you, Evangeline Gomez, and ask you this question. If the indictment gets dismissed, the prosecutor can represent that to the grand jury, can they not?
[Gomez:] The issue here is you have an internal affairs investigation done on these police officers.
[Jackson:] That amazed me.
[Gomez:] And internal affairs didn`t find any kind of wrongdoing. You were a prosecutor. What if you had been presented with this type of evidence? Would you have brought this case? I would hope not.
[Jackson:] That`s the point. You think about internal affairs. It`s a great point. How could it be that internal affairs investigates the case, this person is making these claims and they say, no, the police did everything right and it`s all good, then we find this. Can you explain that, C.W. Jensen?
[Jensen:] Well, I was an internal affairs investigator and a captain in charge of internal affairs. I`m not saying I`m saying they came to a conclusion. I haven`t read that case. Neither have you or anybody else
[Jackson:] But we see what we see. When the cops do something right, we reward them. We appreciate them. But when you see a video like this. When he`s not touching the again and they say, stop touching my gun, his hands are up shouldn`t internal affairs have taken some action, C.W. Jensen?
[Jensen:] Again, a lot of times internal affairs unfortunately I`ve done it for a few years they`re looking at noncriminal issues. They`re looking at issues on regulations and rules.
[Jackson:] Hold on one second. If you don`t
[Jensen:] If they`re indicted, I don`t know how there wasn`t some kind of official misconduct. So I`m as confused as you and nobody knows what actually happened.
[Hansen:] One pled guilty to tampering with evidence.
[Jensen:] Indicted.
[Hansen:] No. He`s pled guilty. He pled guilty
[Jackson:] If C.W. Jensen, speaking about the investigation internally, looking at things noncriminal, don`t you think if it rises to the level of criminality, it would rise to the level of violation of a departmental rule, policy or regulation?
[Hansen:] You would absolutely think so. You would absolutely think so. And it seems there`s some problem within the department there and something that needs to be vetted out. We can`t have police officers that act this way. We need to get rid of them.
[Jackson:] Marcus spoke with Hot 97 about this horrifying experience. Here`s his side.
[Marcus Jeter:] I`m just sitting in there and they still have their guns pointed at me and saying, get out of the car. So I called my lawyer. They`re trying to open the doors. Nothing happens. At that point, they called for back-up. As I`m sitting there, I see another car coming on the opposite side of the Garden State Parkway. As he smashes into the car, the officer that was standing on my left just bust the window. As soon as he opened the door, one of them punched me in my face. I`m in the car, he hits me. My hands are up the whole time. He undoes my seat belt and elbows me in my jaw and he`s like, stop trying to take my gun.
[Jackson:] Now ABC news reports says Jeter`s lawsuit includes that the township tried to conceal one of the dashcam videos. Originally the only video in evidence was this one and that shows what happened from behind the car. In that one, you can`t see that Jeter`s hands were up when an officer is saying, don`t go for my gun. The second tape surfaced later and that completely unravelled the police claims. The prosecutor didn`t even see the video showing what happened from the front of Jeter`s car until after Jeter`s attorney realized it wasn`t even in evidence and got it through a public records request. We only have a portion of that video, but Evangeline Gomez, should that case have even been brought? Real quick.
[Gomez:] The case should not have been brought. I`m concerned the prosecutor in this situation the prosecutor knows about the dashcams, knows how many are in there, how many videos exist. They said it didn`t exist, referring to their clients makes me scratch my head.
[Jackson:] It really does. Should never have been brought. They should have looked at the dashcam video. Coming up, an all-out brawl. Allegations of a crack cocaine use and a lawsuit, just another day at the office for one of TV`s hottest reality shows, the real-life saga of "Love & Hip hop."
[Unidentified Female:] No matter how cool she appears to be with you, she will stab you in your back.