Members Only | William Kent Lawrence Full Body Camera Video

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William Kent Lawrence | Full Incident Body Camera Video

Eatonton Police Department | Tina Childress | December 8, 2020

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Police custody footage may be disturbing. This recording should be considered alongside witness statements and the GBI investigation.

This full-length incident video accompanies the Shields of Shame investigation of former Eatonton Police Chief William Kent Lawrence and the treatment of Tina Childress at the Eatonton Police Department. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reviewed body-camera evidence and interviewed witnesses about what occurred. The investigative accounts and allegations are not, by themselves, judicial findings.

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Original incident video supplied for the Shields of Shame case file.

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