Gates Police have been taking a beating on social media for something they didn’t do.
Chief James VanBrederode says his department was mistakenly identified by someone who shared a post as having officers who beat a black driver after pulling him over. The video of the two police office roughing up the suspect was actually shot in Euclid Ohio, which has similar-looking patrol cars, logos and uniforms. At some point, someone sharing the video apparently changed the department’s name from Euclid to Gates. Gates PD has been receiving a stream of negative posts since then.
Chief Van Brederode and Gates Supervisor Mark Assini have been calling people and posting since Sunday that this incident did not happen locally