RPD Release Body-Worn Camera Footage of Traffic Stop That Turned Physical

Rochester Police Department has released the body-worn camera footage of the confrontation on May 7th 22-year-old Marvin Taylor, and RPD.

This comes after video of parts of an interaction between a man, 22-year-old Marvin Taylor, and police was emailed to News10NBC and circulated on social media.  What started as a traffic stop quickly turned into officers breaking a car window and having to tackle a man to the ground. Police say officers saw the Taylor’s car on Morrill Street with an expired NYS inspection. As officers were running the car’s plates, they say they saw the car make a turn without using a turn signal. Police say when officers tried to pull over the car, near the intersection of Remington and Dale streets, Taylor kept driving. The car stopped on Dale Street shortly after. Officers walked to the car asking the driver to roll down his back windows because of the tint. Police say the driver refused, and rolled up his driver’s side window. Taylor says he didn’t roll down his window because police came up to him with their guns displayed, but not pointed at him. He says he was never told what he did wrong and he was afraid. A Departmental Review is currently underway as a part of standard procedure for the police department.

Source: WHEC