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Council refers 3:18 a.m. bar incident to safety committee, authorizes subpoenas for video
Summary
After multiple public complaints about police conduct during an incident at the downtown bar known as the 318 on Sept. 27, the Lima City Council referred the matter to its Safety Services Committee and authorized the law director to seek subpoenas for video evidence.
The Lima City Council on Oct. 6 voted to refer the Sept. 27 incident at the downtown establishment known as the 318 to the council’s Safety Services Committee and authorized the law director to pursue subpoenas for all video recordings of the encounter.
The move followed a lengthy public-comment period in which residents described seeing what they called excessive force by responding officers. “When those sworn to protect us become a source of fear, we are failing as a city,” resident Heaven Simpson told the council. Simpson said the incident occurred at 3:18 a.m. on Sept. 27 and called for “independent investigations of misconduct, better training and de‑escalation.”
Other speakers described seeing people thrown to the ground, tasings and officers who they said engaged aggressively…
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