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Police Say PG Couple Prevaricated
posted (May 18, 2012)
On Tuesday, we told you about the Sho family from Toledo, who claimed that they were brutalized by a police officer from San Antonio village.

Late yesterday evening, the police press office finally gave us the police department's current position on this matter, which is that the family members were the ones who aggravated the situation.

According to the Police Press Officer, Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, there was an independent witness who was interviewed about this matter. This witness reportedly said that the officer was escorting an ex-girlfriend of one of the Sho men to the house to pick up her belongings.

When this girl arrived, Casalina Sho - who appeared in our interview - reportedly attacked her, and the officer was forced to step in to try to de-escalate the situation.

According to this witness, when the Sho sons saw the officer trying to restrain their mother, they approached the officer in a threatening manner.

One of the sons reportedly went as far as to attempt to reach for the officer's gun, and that's when he became defensive.

According to Inspector Yearwood, the officer did what he is trained to do, which is quote, "protect himself at all times". End Quote.

Inspector Yearwood was not opposed to the suggestion that there could have been questionable contact between the officer and the family, but he did stress that the officer should always protect himself.

He ended by saying that the Internal Affairs Department is still continuing their investigation into this matter even though this witness has come forward with this information.

This differs from the family's claim because according to them, the officer came into the house, grabbed one of the Sho brothers in the shirt, forced him to the ground at gunpoint, and told him that there is a warrant for his arrest for lack of payment for child support.

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