cops are meant to protect and serve but what happens when their actions lead to the ultimate punishment here are four times when idiot cops got life sentences and you understand that you face today a possible maximum penalty of 15 years in prison yes sir and are you ready for sentencing yes sir thank you this is former officer Eric Fritz from the covert Township Police Department in July of 2016 officer flitz allegedly pulled over a vehicle arrested the driver for DUI and took the passenger a lady named Melissa McMillan to a hotel where officer Fritz reportedly assaulted her on three different instances Miss McMillan said that officer Fritz tried to exploit the situation when she was intoxicated and tried to develop intimate relations with her in the hotel and during the process he assaulted her Miss McMillan said that she did not know that the driver was also intoxicated and would be pulled over once she left the bar with him the judge informs officer Fritz that he could face 15 years in prison due to his actions watch how the hearing goes when Miss McMillan describes her case sir you are Eric frit yes your and you're here today with your attorney Mr grael have you had a full and complete opportunity to consult with him yes sir and you understand that you face today a possible maximum penalty of 15 years in prison yes sir and are you ready for sentencing yes sir thank you as a police officer who took an oath to protect and serve the community what you did to me was wrong you made me you knew I was highly intoxicated get you used that is a selfish opportunity my life has been forever changed every aspect of my life has been affected my children have struggled my friends family and loved ones have watched me through a year of hell I can't see a pleased vehicle without feeling fear or be reminded of what happened I made a poor decision to have too many drinks putting myself in a b position I don't remember leaving the bar that night but my friends had arranged for another person to drive my car as I was far too intoxicated I had no idea the driver was also intoxicated and we get pulled over by a police officer Mr Fritz anything you wish to tell me yes your honor first I'd like to apologize to my friends and family who I've actually looked down I'd also like to apologize for my coworkers who I embarrassed by my decisions um I'd also like to apologize for people to the people of C Township for my actions that night and I absolutely would like to apologize for Miss Mill for my horic decision of offering her hotel room I never should offer her a hotel room the first one it never should happen I never should put her in that situation thank you sir uh you took a law enforcement oath of honor to protect and to serve and to uphold the highest of ethical standards instead you prayed upon and exploited and damaged a woman a woman who was entirely helpless due to excessive intoxication even more disturbing to this court is the fact that you used your badge and the authority and power it grants you as a means to implement your criminality you betrayed her you betrayed your fellow officers you betrayed them mightily public trust all of us had for sentencing you still wish the way here right lawyer for sentencing today officer Fritz had just remained on duty for two months before this incident occurred he immediately resigned shortly after this incident surfaced he pleaded no contest to charges for a lesser sentence later two of the charges of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct were dropped officer Fritz was sentenced to one year in jail and 5 years of probation Miss McMillan received a 100 ,000 settlement in return by January 2020 if you think this was the only cop who got a life sentence wait until you watch this next case I love my kids and my family your honor if you could please impose the least possible sentence so I can get back there supporting and raising my family this is former Officer Shawn quarter from the Bloomfield Police Department in June 2012 an individual named Marcus jedar was stopped in a traffic stop and was allegedly accused of grabbing an officer's gun resisting arrest during during the stop the officer of which officer quter was one of them had submitted false police reports regarding the arrest these police reports were so manipulative that Mr Jetter had to face 5 years in prison the officers during the traffic stop broke his car windows and dragged him outside of his vehicle watch what the officers have to say in the court I love my children more than anything in the world and uh I know they need me I don't want them to have to suffer switch schools Lose Friends lose the house that they're raised in I don't want them to become emotionally scarred from me being alive and um sorry a lot of that stuff I haven't heard from My Wife and it kind of hit me uh I haven't been away from my kids for more than a day and since being incarcerated I miss Christmas I miss my little Sabrina's birthday I miss my Kylie the rose ride a bicycle which I was practicing with and I also missed a lot of uh boy Scott events for my son Conor I love my kids and my family your honor and if you could please impose the least possible sentence so I can get back there supporting and raising my family as a man of the law there's an oath that that they take and it's to tell the truth and in this situation there was time given for Mr quter to tell the truth he chose to say that I jumped out the back window he chose to say that I pulled off on him he chose to say that I resisted he had a choice I'm not saying that that messes his character up I'm not saying that he's not a good guy I'm just saying that in a situation like this where he has a an obligation a moral obligation to tell the truth he chose not to officer quter talked about the miseries he didn't want want his family to go through and wanted the minimum sentence possible he expressed how he wanted to be with them after this case officer quter was ultimately sentenced to 5 years in prison along with the other officer involved in the traffic stop if you think this was the maximum a cop can get a life sentences then you probably aren't aware of this next case the defendant in tan County Texas did intentionally with intent to cause serious Bly injury to aasana Jefferson commit an act clearly d to human life namely shooting a TA Jefferson with a deadly weapon this is former officer Aaron Dean from the Fort Worth Police Department in October 2019 former officer Dean was reportedly involved in the shooting of a lady named ATA Tiana Jefferson it is said that Miss Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew when she encountered the brutality of officer Dean the incident unfolded when the police arrived at her home after a neighbor called a non-emergency number reporting that Miss Jefferson's front door door was open officers walked outside the home with flashlights for a few minutes and fired his weapon through a window police later found a handgun near Jefferson's body which according to her 8-year-old nephew she had been pointing toward the window before the shooting after the incident officer Dean the shooter resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department and was arrested on a murder charge watch how officer Dean faces the court media um coverage of this case has been just that accurate and objective reporting on the facts of what happened and the case updates um what the trial proceedings that have occurred in this case um in addition although the body camera has been um relased to the media that is evidence that the jury is going to see caseall as mentioned in our bench Brave supports the fact that when it is evidence that is going to be presented and it's done in an objective accurate manner then that weighs against finding inflammatory um the media attention in this case has not been pervasive has not been prejudicial and has not been inflammatory the law does not require that jurors be completely blind to the fact to the fact that the solance um occurred merely that they um be fair and that's what our VI panel showed that they were are going to be able to do um so we would ask before deny the change of any motion on that first ume Prejudice of the media from in regard to the dangerous combination which was raised in the supplemental bench breef uh the Rey Case rler Case excuse me that we cited in our brch brief um is strikingly similar to the facts of this case and demonstrates that in order to uh justify a change of venue based on a dangerous combination it's not just that um Community leaders spoke out about the case or maybe even spoke to each other about the case it really the defense has a heavy burden again to show a coercive force that could influence the proceedings and the right to Fair trial um when comments of community leaders are made in the immediate aftermath of the offense um it is not likely that they are acting to impede the fair trial and that's what happened in this case again in like the rler case um Community leaders spoke out about the offense but they there's no evidence of how those comments by the community leaders influence the the community as a whole and as was demonstrated during um voir and being able to select a jury in this case there's no evidence that that it would impeded the defendant's right to a fair trial so we would asked that the um Court deny the change of menu on a dangerous combination grounds as well thank you ma'am Mr Gil response your honor thank you first of all I have two major disagreements with what the spee is holding number one the majority of the publicity of this case did not occur at around the time of the event the coverage has been steady and pervasive throughout the three years that this case has been pending every single event that has occurred at this Courthouse has been widely covered and widely publicized including including routine Court settings including the change of venue motion and testimony itself up to and including last week with the death of Mr Lane and the beginning of jury selection all of those matters have been widely publicized and widely distributed around tan County we presented you the Star Telegram circulation figures we also presented circulation and viewership figures from KTVT uh Channel 11 shows that shows the number of households that are reached uh by their news broadcast we uh were stonewalled by the other media outlets in Taran County to get that information but you can also see from the from the pervasive nature of of what the what the actual B members in this case saw that the coverage the coverage has been pervasive and in fact there's been a previous finding uh in this case that the coverage was both pervasive and prejudicial that finding was made by judge Hagerman last summer even before the recent news coverage the recent Spate of news coverage also uh the coverage has not been accurate and the coverage has not been objective and that goes to the inflammatory nature of the publicity in this case it's been it's been inflammatory and it's been prejudicial because most of the news coverage has been inaccurate most of the news coverage has said that Aaron Dean went out to this home on a welfare check which is absolutely and totally wrong the news coverage has had the mayor and other leaders of full War standing up in front of them which have been these news conferences have been shown time and time again saying that the weapon possessed by the complaintant in this case was irrelevant and they don't know why that is any part of this case which is going to be a major part of the case there are a lot lot of other factual inaccuracies that we see as we go through the coverage in this case and you will see and you have seen when you reviewed all the news coverage that's been introduced by the defense in this case um the news coverage has also been extremely emotional and presented from the standpoint of the complainant it's all been about the the family waiting for their day in court and I'm not saying any of this is wrong but that's how the coverage has been the coverage has always been told from that standpoint about the community standpoint about Justice for Tana it's and it's been drilled into the heads of the vanal that way it's and it's been presented in a racial aspect of it has been presented and emphasized that it was a white officer that shot an African-American female and all of this is presented time and time and time again till it's become a theme and a mantra of all this coverage that has that has continued until this very day um under the dangerous combination prong of the uh change of vage Statute 3103 of the Cod of criminal procedure we have shown you that the mayor and the chief of police and the city councilman all wi be publicized Mr de if you'll stand [Music] style the state of Texas versus Aaron y Dean indictment number 16168 71d the name and by the authority of the State of Texas Grandeur of Taran County Texas Dy elected tried and panel sworn and charged to inquire of offenses committed in Teran county in the state of Texas upon their oath do present in and two The 372nd District Court of County that Aaron York Dean here and after called defendant honor about the 12th day of October 2019 in the county of teren state of Texas has then and there intentionally or knowingly caused the death of an individual the Tatiana Jefferson by shooting a Tatiana with a deadly weapon to with a firearm paragraph two and it is further presented in and two set court that honor about the 12th day of October 2019 the defendant in Taran County Texas did intentionally with intent to cause serious Bly injury to aiana Jefferson commit an act clearly dangerous to human life namely shooting a taana Jefferson with a deadly weapon to Wi a firearm and thereby caused the death Jefferson sign for peace Mr Dean to this charge you may plead guilty or not guilty what is your plea now gives me your honor thank you sir you may be seated does the state wish to make an opening statement we do your honor okay the jury sentenced him to 11 years 10 months and 12 days in jail the jury deliberated the sentence for 13 hours before it was delivered officer Dean was found not guilty of murder but was convicted of the Lesser charge of manslaughter he is currently imprisoned in the Ramsay unit in rasher and Texas if you think this was the last cop who got a life sentence then you probably haven't heard of this next case I say I'll do one better I would ask the cour to disregard any part of the course examination dealing with uh the loyalty and what I represented inip was incorrect and this is detective Mark Mor in October 2018 detective Mor was found threatening ynw Melly a rappers manager named Jameson Francois during an investigation detective Mor threatened the manager Mr franois that he could face imprisonment and deportation following a shooting incident that had his involvement Mr Melly had allegedly killed two of his friends in that shooting watch how the hearing goes when the rapper Mr Melly faces the court I obviously cross on the wiia representation I not BL I'm sure is not a big deal but I would like to on the record chat articles that come out regarding AI generated based on what you want it to say so it's not reliable information unless awyer actually confirms it reses it and can set as a Crut to then develop your argument on that anyone internet I'm sorry good go ahead say I'll do better I would ask the cour to disregard any part of the course examination dealing with uh the loyalty and what I represented was Inc corrected I in this regard thank you um where we at now we're going to go ahead with which motion you want to do argument first you want to do argument on the uh last motion on the inextricably intertwined independent inevitable Discovery and before begin aru on yesterday thank you for letting me know that I was I was expecting uh that something something yesterday but my secretary got a um received something I think from M Liberty I I and I was not KN whether it was going to get confused or not but something on a YouTube video yeah that would be for our other notion I haven't looked at it I don't know any issue with that well I don't know what the YouTube video is supposed to be an interview with Miss Carrie I don't know what's on there I haven't looked at it yes we were that anytime send your honor link something by rept um that was not by us that is a interview of Prim and Mariah Hamilton so you can make a basis for it and you know if I admit it I'll take a look at it if I don't I won't all right I haven't looked at it yet and based on I I don't know know Hamilton do appear in that video I don't know I don't know what the objection is uh okay but I haven't looked at I just wanted to bring it up because it was sent I think it was sent yesterday I'm not sure it was early morning and it was just because yesterday you said I told everybody to send videos I just wanted to follow the instructions to make sure perfect no I I whatever you send me whether it's in writing or videos I I I look at and I read it uh but again if it's evidence you know I make sure both sides agreed with that's the only reason I AG them all right so sure any objection trust your representation is what we trust your represent thank you 1995 additionally what council is arguing to your honor contradicts everything that this whole hearing has been about to quote Rodriguez or Ro I look at those Cas and they're not applicable here and the reason they're not applicable is because those cases searches we had warrants detective already actively stought warrants consistently stop warrants and had judges sign off on those warrants so to say that they just didn't go for a warrant it is just not true they did and the reason a second warrant wasn't done because they were relying upon the judges in this circuit all of which signed off on those particular warrants at the time they signed off on it and so they did not need to seek an additional warrant at that time that warrant was valid and so they could not have done what the defense is asking or requiring us to have done they're asking the cour to require us to have done they ignoring that fact that warrants in our case were already sought after and new cases that they had quoted there was warrant with service at that time um additionally no one ever talked about's Sone we talked about Anthony Williams's Sone that's saer and so we never even talked about that that third phone we also didn't talk about the picture I don't know where pictures came from but I introduced to detective Polo numerous text messages between the two and then addition an additional to uh the actual text messages which is I think one and two were uh multiple text messages where they're exchanging notes and audio files that were stored on the phone in different applications supposed to these this is new argument I didn't bring up any of this because you actually ignored the back that was the evence not a photo on one person PHS the other there were actual messages and audio files and what also is being ignored is when we have access to the victim song and find information that would then inevitably lead us and independently lead us to this time frame of the defending song anything within that would do clean view at that point so we're ignoring that legal concept as well so that is why we're asking for this expansive expanded time frame thank you what's the next motion I more than 30 seconds go ahead just understanding the state's position they're asking you to disregard the State of Florida Supreme Court and hold that Nix or the US Supreme Court somehow over rules it yet Rodriguez came later and CES these cases so I don't think this court truly has the power to overrule Rodriguez and as far as the blame View Doctrine and now that uh the we didn't have the uh ability to to contest the search bar because we already had a search bar I thought this was limited to the two issues of inevitable Discovery and and uh uh Neal Discovery and independent source and those are two different maret you limited it just the best thank thank you what's the next motion I do have all the keys thank you I'd like [Music] to pleas thank and then oh de honor I also forgot to add on just argu I know I had mentioned it last week when were setting it that time is of the Ence um so is it possible that we would have ring by Tuesday see what I can do I told you before I I try to I first I read everything you give and I try to think about it so sometimes I do a lot of two more do the best not I do have and I apologize that bring us to I believe yesterday she gave a copy it was October 6 regarding the unavailability this Motion in particular and that's why I doing this was not divided by the state emails foring his homes in Hamilton I provided it and if we can stipulate there's I'm not trying to argue the deposition try to stipulate to rely on this email authored by m Bradley Mr bar regarding beinging I don't know where we're going with this what's the purus of all this I'm missing so we the motion is the motion to have this is going to be a to rely on this email and if he could stipulate that we could argue this email or do we I thought Miss Holmes was uh residing in Orlando she's on electronic Monitor and what are you trying to accomodate really simple get notice of this case File 19872 C uh this hes through her Council as a bu her right to State the state cannot this is what's laid out in our motion it's actually paragraph We cannot call a witness if we know they're going to the right and remain silent and the cas says because she has testified previously we can then subsequently to introduce that testimon exension has subject cross examination on the same subject matter it's as simple as that she's invoking her fth amend right she's testified previously and unless something is changing which today year of no information that she is not going to invoke her fit then her foral testimony should be pered very C must be done the time no questions I theat Sheed to finish L with that Bas would have to be the one so the point being that she is going toot as she has indicated that her prior for Testimony isible so uh my standing is uh from a different Source uh that she's on her way down to meet with the trial officer that's so she's here guess that was the other is that we we were made aware that it was going to be his attorney that was going to be coming today and he is not so I don't know it's the whole issue was he was I think going on or something so today was the only day he was available and now he's not here so I'm not even entirely sure what the dynamic is between the two of them I have not had conversations with him certainly can't have conversations with her given that she has she has filed this notice by her attorney that she's invoking so if she comes to court the issue is going to be as if she's counseled and if she's counsel I don't think any inquiry can be made my understanding that's a state of the law I don't that's why we're here different with the wall That's I'm ask we're agreement as to that so I guess question is that so what else do you have you're not asking me to reset it you just want to rule yeah well you would rule that if she's going to fact and vote which she has already done then her former testimony comes in can I ask you a question how relevant is your form of Tes she judged her her testimony is relevant because during the her testimony one of the observations or that she testified to that she observed Mr D on face Hamilton and the description of the background is it was a fled area talking in aush t um I have to go I've reread three different four different transfer so I had my my recollection I could be wrong uh is that she gave a statement uh to the police officer right and that during trial she was being examined regarding that statement and my recollection is is that she basically said she didn't remember and then the state tried to get the testimony in uh spent the good bit of time going through aart try to find out how it got in and something further with the testimony uh this Holmes said something again Mr by recollection you have a transcript on sure it'll say something I said something to the effect that that she typically would lie to police so she couldn't really rely on what she said or what her statement was the police something the court hearing concluded that the defense continued their argument to expand the time frame for phone evidence challenging the judges previous ruling that most phone evidence outside a 6-hour window surrounding the murders would be suppressed Additionally the last 20 seconds of melly's documentary which mentions a driveby shooting were debated the defense claimed it was hearsay and noted that it inaccurately referenced Miami instead of myamar where the shooting occurred while the state argued that Master Melly had adopted the statements by promoting the documentary on social media ymw Melly has been charged with two counts of murder and the proceedings of the case are still underway if he is convicted Mr Melly can face a death sentence it's pleasing to see Justice prevailing and idiot cops getting life sentences for their wrongdoings if you enjoyed the video be sure to drop a like And subscribe for more goodbye