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VIDEO: Purdue Police Roughed Up Photographer, As Paper Claimed

Following a Purdue University independent student newspaper suing the school for surveillance video that it claimed showed the police roughing up one of its photographers, the local prosecutor has approved the release of “some” of the crime-scene video, local station WLFI reported:

The video comes from the second floor and stairwell of the Electrical Engineering Building after Andrew Boldt was murdered in the basement.

It shows law enforcement coming down the stairs, spotting Exponent photographer Michael Takeda down the hall, then escorting him out of the building.

One part shows Takeda being pushed against the wall. According to Purdue, the officer who did that was admonished.

Exponent General Manager Pat Kuhnle tells News 18 that the 85 seconds of video backs up Takeda’s version of the events.

Kuhnle said the police report got the floor wrong, denied the video’s existence and said the photographer was not mistreated.

Read the full WLFI report here.

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