New Video Shows Massachusetts Cop Hailed as a Hero Actually Beat Man He Saved.
A Massachusetts cop who was hailed as a hero last year after a video surveillance camera showed him pulling a man from falling onto subway tracks ended up punching the man in the face repeatedly.
But the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority clipped that segment from the video before releasing it to the media last year, a perfect example of the Police PR Spin Machine in action.
But now that the man's attorney was finally able to obtain that video, we can see that Detective Sean Conway was not as heroic as originally proclaimed.
Anthony Ferrier, who had been drinking that day, ended up with a black eye. His attorney is now considering filing a lawsuit.
On May 7, 2014 at approximately 2:10PM at the MBTA's Park Street station a Transit Police detective happened upon a suicidal male. As the video depicts the male was about to jump into the "pit" area when the quick acting detective was able to grab the male, practically in mid air, and prevent him from harming himself.
Transit police detectives are not trained for such rescues, but Conway rose to the occasion, MacMillan said.
Conway was modest — he said he was not a hero and disliked the attention. But he was happy he was able to intervene.
The man, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital. Before he left, he thanked Conway.
But Ferrier's lawyer, David Milton, began demanding the entire video, eventually obtaining it eight months later.
As the tape rolls, you see Detective Conway punching Ferrier several times. A photo provided to 5 Investigates by Ferrier's lawyer shows severe facial injuries the man allegedly received at the hands of the T officer.
It took a lawsuit and eight months for the MBTA to finally release the entire video showing exactly what happened that day. Ferrier's lawyer calls it a case of excessive force.
And to think cops are always accusing citizens of editing video to paint them in a bad light.