Second video sheds new light on allegations of misconduct involving Denver police officers

DENVER A second video showing how some Denver Police officers behaved during and after the arrest of a pair of unarmed drug suspects sheds new light on allegations of misconduct.

The incident in question is the August arrest of Honduran immigrant David Flores and his pregnant girlfriend Myra Lyzos-Guererro by members of District Four Narcotics Team and several uniformed officers.

On a recording shot by witness Levi Frasier, a uniformed officer is seen punching Flores in the face six times in an attempt to get him to open his mouth. That same officer also does a leg sweep on Guererro.

Flores ended up going to the hospital.

Denver police have repeatedly released statements saying the use of force was reasonable, but after Frasiers video surfaced in November, internal affairs reopened the investigation into the case.

FOX31 Denver has learned that one of the additional items police investigators are reviewing is video from a city-operated HALO camera. The camera is mounted on a pole about three blocks from the arrest scene at West 5th Avenue and Federal Boulevard.

Levi Frasier, a citizen who shot the street-level recording on his Samsung tablet and provided it to FOX31 Denver for air three weeks ago, has told the FBI he was threatened with incarceration unless he turned over his tablet to Denver officers.

Frasier also says when he refused police took it anyway without a warrant, scrolled through his electronic device, then when they returned it, he could not find the video clip. He later restored it from the cloud.

Denver police have attacked Frasiers credibility by publicly releasing his criminal record and telling FOX31 Denver he is a liar.

However, the HALO video appears to support most of what Frasier has been saying from day one.

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