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police investigation with this video showing his arrest for jaywalking in over the rhine last month... is out of jail and telling his side of the story. fox19 now's mike schell is live at the hamilton county jail... mike, you spoke with him several times right? he was a little reluctant at first tricia... but yes, after he was released from the hamilton county justice center today, he told us his version of what happened in that video that was caught on camera.. charles harrell made a court appearance today and he was in no mood to talk. 4charles "ya'll please get the cameras out of my face please." harrell faces several charges including drug possession and jaywalking from this incident which happened feb 6th in over-the-rhine... but was posted on harrell's facebook page on march first. but he was in court this morning for allegedly taking pictures of police officers inside a

posted bond and 1nat "freedom...freedom officer baron osterman racially profiled him... later he spoke to 2charles "he waited for me to come out the store. no he waited. he rode past the store first, seen me at the cappuccino table through the alley, came back around, waited for me to come out. he just waited. and soon as i was walking past, me and a partner of mine were walking past. he came out and started following us." 1video "cincinnati, ohio. can't go buy a cappuccino downtown. you're going to get harrassed. 1charles work meeting actually because i do demolition. contracts downtown. i was on my way to a work meeting." 2nat of scuffle.. officer cecil thomas told fox19 now that harrell complied with the officers request.. 3cecil its illegal, you're not allowed as a citizen to resist the stop." harrell claims officer osterman is inconsistent with how he treats him... 3charles

hardhat on my work bother me. he speaks to when i'm dressed like this...its a problem." cincinnati police sergeant dan hills that officer osterman did absolutely nothing be commended for professional while beliigerent. cpd is contucting an internal investigation along with the cincinnati citizen complaint authority. reporting live downtown...mike schell fox19 now if you want to watch the entire of this case... we've you on fox19 now dot com. right in the middle jude dream home telethon! dollars you get a brand new home in and the money benefits pediatric cancer research at saint judes! as you can see

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intro: day on campus leaders say that may have been much different had the reported the threat, this time toward three rivers local schools. rick jones chief of police "the threat was verbal in nature about an act in school." cleves police say, wednesday afternoon, a 13- year-old male student made the threat in public, among fellow rick jones chief of police "as soon as they got away from him and got to a place where there were adults, they told them and the adults made law enforcement aware and in a rapid manor, we were able to take care of it." cleves police chief rick jones says they arrested the student shortly after 10 last night and charged him with "inducing panic" a second degree felony. following the arrest, the school district notified parents. lisa whiteley three rivers local school district "we used facebook, our website and the district app that alerts people through text message." but some three rivers parents say they weren't

preferred robo- calls. aerico alan writing, "what a shame, many parents had to find out via facebook." others saying "not everyone has a facebook" and most wishing calls went out. dave heidkamp says until he saw our post on the fox19 now facebook page. lisa whiteley three rivers local "we knew that moving completely safe one person that made police now." school district happened during the school day, and would have posed any type of threat to the students, we would have done the all call, we would have done lockdown, we would have followed a an alleged threat intercepted, all because students saw something and said something. rick jones cleves chief of police "without that tag: chief jones would the student said but he did say no weapons were his arrest. in cleves, robert guaderrama, fox19 now. cam 4 like to help kids home in the our st. jude next!

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