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   From: bksherman@sunpower.com   
      
   SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A San Jose police officer has been taken off   
   the street and is now under an Internal Affairs investigation,   
   after video surfaced of him appearing to taunt George Floyd   
   protesters on Friday.   
      
   Two videos of the officer have exploded on Twitter, and the   
   complaints had an impact at San Jose City Hall Sunday evening.   
      
   Friday in San Jose, 33-year-old San Jose police officer Jared   
   Yuen appeared ready for action, swaying with his projectile   
   launcher. His demeanor draws a reaction from the crowd.   
      
   Protestors say, "This is funny to them, they're having a blast,   
   they have smiles on their faces."   
      
   He runs away, and back, and Yuen says, "Let's get this   
   mother___."   
      
   Andrea Prichett is a founding member of Berkeley Copwatch and   
   she told the KABC's sister station KGO's I-Team, "He was   
   escalating an already seemingly tense situation and making it   
   even worse, thus endangering members of the public."   
      
   In a second video, a woman asks him, "Why are you on that side?"   
   He answers, "Shut up, ___!"   
      
   Seconds later, he reaches around another officer and fires a   
   projectile. The scuffle is on.   
      
   Copwatch points out those projectiles, like the one ABC News I-   
   Team reporter Dan Noyes picked up at that same protest on   
   Friday, can be dangerous fired that way.   
      
   "They're a crowd control weapon, they're meant to disperse   
   crowds, they're not meant to be fired at close range," says   
   Andrea Pritchett.   
      
   Those videos spread across Twitter Sunday, and by evening, San   
   Jose's police chief announced he has removed Officer Yuen from   
   street duty. He's now under an internal affairs investigation.   
      
   "I'm not happy with his actions, I'm sure if Jared was sitting   
   here he'd be embarrassed as well. But I will tell you, I know   
   Jared and he's a good kid who made a mistake who let his   
   emotions get the better of him," said SJPD Chief Eddie Garcia in   
   a news conference.   
      
   The only Asian-American on the San Jose City Council says   
   Officer Yuen should not be fired.   
      
   "We have to proceed and call out wrongs, but we need to provide   
   space to win people's hearts and minds and allow them a chance   
   to atone and win allies as we continue on the righteous path,"   
   Lan Diep told the I-Team   
      
   Public records show that Officer Yuen took home $225,000 dollars   
   last year, if you count overtime and benefits. He's been on the   
   job six years.   
      
   Too bad he didn't maim the chimp for life.   
      
   https://abc7.com/sj-police-officer-under-investigation-for-   
   behavior-during-protests/6225067/   
        
      
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