Watching your husband die at the hands of police (Warning: graphic video) 25FEB14

ONE has to wonder just what kind of threat an unarmed man presented to the police that lead to his death at their hands? Click the link to view the video....
Jen Hayden

Police in Moore, Oklahoma, were summoned to the Warren Theatre. Nair Rodriguez had slapped her daughter for "lying and making bad decisions," which led to police being called on a domestic disturbance complaint. When police arrived, they say Luis Rodriguez was uncooperative when asked for identification and five Moore Oklahoma police officers took him down. You can hear Luis groaning and those were, unfortunately, the last sounds he appears to make. His wife captured the entire thing on video (warning: this can be very difficult to watch):
From NewsOK: http://www.newsok.com/article/3937085

What happened? What started as a quiet family evening at the theater watching “RoboCop” escalated once Nair Rodriguez got in a heated argument with her daughter and slapped the girl in the parking lot, Nair Rodriguez said. The five officers already were at the theater dealing with two patrons who passed out drunk in an auditorium, police said.
A bystander who witnessed the argument alerted an officer, so when the officers approached the family, all they knew was they were checking on a domestic incident, something they are obligated to investigate, Stillings said.
They approached Luis Rodriguez and asked for ID.
Nair Rodriguez describes her husband as a peacekeeper, and he was the one who was trying to calm her and prevent her from driving away angry. He tried to bypass the officers, and they reacted.
Stillings said Luis Rodriguez took a defensive stance and clenched his fists when officers tried to detain him. It took all five officers to take him down, and pepper spray was used at one point.

Cellphone video in fatal Moore, OK, Warren Theatre incident is made public

Video made public Tuesday and shot by Nair Rodriguez starts with her husband, Luis Rodriguez, already on the ground and surrounded by officers at the Warren Theatre in Moore.

By Jennifer Palmer Modified: February 25, 2014 at 9:12 pm •  Published: February 25, 2014

The panic in Nair Rodriguez’s voice peaks as emergency workers load her husband onto a stretcher in the Warren Theatre parking lot.
Her hands are shaking, blurring the cellphone video she’s shooting, and she’s now screaming to her husband of 22 years, calling him “Papa.”

Above: This image showing officers restraining Luis Rodriguez was captured from a cellphone video made public by his family’s attorney during a news conference Tuesday. Rodriguez died after the incident. Photo provided

“Papa! Is he OK? He doesn’t move!”
“They’ve got him and they’re going to take care of him,” an officer responds.
“He doesn’t move! You killed him! You killed him!”
Five law enforcement officers pinned Luis Rodriguez, 44, to the ground and handcuffed him during the incident, which occurred in the early morning hours of Feb. 15. He died shortly after the encounter.
On Tuesday, the family’s attorney, Michael Brooks-Jimenez, made public the six-minute video shot by Nair Rodriguez. In it, Luis Rodriguez doesn’t appear to struggle or move while the officers detain him.
Moore Police Chief Jerry Stillings has defended the officers, three of whom are Moore police officers, and said the use of force shown on the video was appropriate.
Though Nair Rodriguez says her husband appeared dead as he was placed into the ambulance, and she begs the officers to tell her he’s alive, a spokeswoman for Midwest Regional Emergency Medical Service said he was alive during the transport to Moore Medical Center.
When the video begins, Luis Rodriguez is already on the ground being handcuffed, so viewers don’t see how the officers treated him up to that point. The officers used pepper spray on Rodriguez but it’s not shown in the video.
Nair Rodriguez can be heard asking her husband if he’s OK while officers attempt to calm her down and repeatedly ask for her and her daughter’s ID.
Officers appear to prop him up into a seated position partway through the video. “I’m recording because this is too much,” Nair Rodriguez tells them.

Jennifer Palmer

Investigative Reporter

Jennifer Palmer joined The Oklahoman staff in 2008 and, after five years on the business desk, is now digging deeper through investigative work. She's been recognized with awards in public service reporting and personal column writing. Prior to joining the The Oklahoman, she reported on breaking news and crime at The Omaha World-Herald and was a member of a team recognized by the American Society of Newspaper Editors for their coverage of the Westroads Mall shooting in 2007. Palmer is a native of Norman and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she was also a columnist for The Oklahoma Daily.

• At a glance: What transpired in the Moore Warren Theatre video

  | Updated: Tue, Feb 25, 2014
  At a glance: What transpired in the Moore Warren Theatre video

• Cellphone video in fatal Moore, OK, Warren Theatre incident is made public

  BY JENNIFER PALMER | Updated: Tue, Feb 25, 2014
  Video made public Tuesday and shot by Nair Rodriguez starts with her husband, Luis Rodriguez, already on the ground and surrounded by officers at the Warren Theatre in Moore.

• OSBI asked to investigate officers' use of force in Warren Theatre death in Moore

  BY JENNIFER PALMER | Published: Thu, Feb 20, 2014
  Intense public scrutiny over the death of Luis Rodriguez, who died after being handcuffed in the theater’s parking lot early Saturday, led to the request for an independent investigation. Rodriguez’s family says he was beaten.

• Moore police respond to Norman man's death outside Warren Theatre

  BY JENNIFER PALMER | Updated: Tue, Feb 18, 2014
  Luis Rodriguez, of Norman, stopped breathing while police officers tried to detain him after an altercation outside the Warren Theatre in Moore, OK.

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