tonight columbus police officers phillip walls tracy shaw and sergeant holly cannot are facing criminal charges connected to protests following george floyd's murder last year mark collins the attorney defending all three officers doesn't dispute the interactions with protesters took place but he says what his client did was by the book konoda is charged with falsifying investigators say she lied to another officer about a protester's action leading to that protester's arrest shaw and walls are
charged with assault and interfering with civil rights in connection to two separate pepper spraying incidents all are charged with dereliction of duty collins believes his clients are scapegoats and that cpd leadership should be held accountable take a listen to what special prosecutor kathleen garber has to say to that honestly i would love to have a conversation with him to understand what he means by that these charges are based solely on actions by officers nothing more nothing less than th
at all three officers are on administrative leave pending the outcome of these criminal charges collins says each of them will plead not guilty now tonight a member with bread a religious group with interest in police reform says she is pleased something is coming out of this investigation she does have a message to those officers who are following the rules they're kind of being thrown in with the bad officers so you know i want them to know there are many of us out here that appreciate and val
ue them because they are protecting and serving and that means so much and we need them williams says the investigation creates transparency as well as builds trust between the department and community
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