Bystander video may exonerate man arrested during Naples protest

Bystander video may exonerate man arrested during Naples protest

CAMPBELL, AND CODY BEYER WEREARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO COMPLYWITH ORDERS."Without this video, he would bereally facing some serious,serious charges.A MAN ARRESTED DURING *MONDAY’SPROTEST IN NAPLES SAYS HE’SINNOCENTPHILIP GALVAN DROVE HIS CAR INAN INTERSECTION FULL OFPROTESTERS AND DEPUTIEBUT HIS ATTORNEY SAYS, NEW VIDEOMAY PROVE THAT DEPUTIES WERELYING ON THEIR ARREST REPORT.FOX 4 REPORTER ROB MANCH SPOKEWITH THAT ATTORNEY AND HAS THEDETAILS FOR US.INTRO:On Monday, this intersection waspacked with protesters and aline of deputies with riotshields.The arrest report says Galvandrove his car into thoseshields, but video that hasurfaced from a bystander mayprove that’s not what happened.PKG:Galvan’s car is that big blackSUYou can see it approach the lineof officers, but he doesn’t seemto actually hit them."His car never came close tothe officers, his car neverstruck the officers, he wasgoing very slow."Attorney Joshua Faett played thevideo for me in his office.He says the arresting deputyjust made a lot of his reportup."I was really upset to see thatthe officer’s report was justcompletely false, and if itwasn’t for this bystander’svideo, we wouldn’t know what thetruth was."The police report also says thedeputy quote "Jumped into thepassenger side of the vehicleand went for the ignition key.But Faett says that isn’t trueeither."It says he literally had tojump into the vehicle and turnoff the ignition, and when youwatch the video, it’s a prettycasual gait over to the car toopen it."The report states that Galvantold police he was not a part ofthe protest and was trying toget to his brother’s house.

Hisattorney says when Galvanrealized he was approaching thecrowd, he tried but struggled toturn around.Right now, the only chargeGalvan is facing is RecklessDriving for having someoneholding onto the back of hiscar.But Faett says that was out ofGalvan’s control."I don’t believe that he knewwho that was, and I don’t know,when you look at it, I don’tknow that he was aware that theywere on there at the time."Faett says, without this video,Galvan could have faced felonycharges and possible jail time"What’s disturbing is it seeas if these bystander videos arewhat’s policing the police."I did reach out to the CollierCounty Sheriff’s Office, andthey responded, saying quote"Our deputy’s actions werelawful and the case is now inthe hands of the judicialsystem."Meanwhile, tonight, Galvan isout on bail.And Faett tells me he plans tofight the reckless drivingcharge as well, and hopes