Muskogee police respond to social media

HELP!"THIS VIRAL VIDEO... CAUSINGCONCERNS IN MUSKOGEE...IT'S A WOMAN SCREAMING WITHPOLICE ON THE SCENE.POLICE TELL US... THERE'SMORE THAN JUST A WITNESS'VIDEO TO THIS STORYTONIGHT... AND THEY'VE GOTTHE BODY CAM FOOTAGE INHOPES THEY CAN PROVIDE SOMECLARITY.2 WORKS FOR YOU REPORTER...TONY RUSSELL... IS LIVE WITHTHAT NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO.TONY?OBVIOUSLY ON-GOING TENSIONSWITH THE POLICE AND THECOMMUNITY IT SERVES IS THENATIONAL DEBATE AND DIALOGUERIGHT NOW-EVEN SMALLERCOMMUNITIES LIKE MUSKOGEEARE TYRING TO BE TRANSPARENTAND RESPONSIVE TO ANY SOCIALMEDIA REPORTS OR CLAIMS MADEAGAINST THEM.LAST WEEKEND MUSKOGEE POLICESAY THEY GOT A CALL ABOUT AWOMAN SCREAMING FROM A HOMENEAR THE 600 BLOCK OF SOUTHSEVENTH STREET.ONCE POLICE FOUND THEHOME-THEY FOUND A MAN AND AWOMAN AND TRIEDTO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOINGON.

THEY SAY THEY MADECONTACT WITH THIS WOMANMylania LacherylHamilton-AND BROUGHT HER ANDTHE MAN OUT ON THE PORCH.POLICE DETERMINED THEREWEREN'T ANY SIGNS ORPROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE ANYARRESTS FOR DOMESTICVIOLENCE, BUT OVER THECOURSE OF THEIRINVESTIGATION BY RUNNINGTHEIR NAMES-THEY DETERMINEDHAMILTON POSSIBLY HADWARRANTS FOR HER ARRESTBECAUSE HER BIRTHDATEMATCHED WITH WHAT DISPATCHERRELAYED BACK TO THEOFFICERS.

POLICE SAYHAMILTON REFUSED COMMANDSFROM OFFICERS-AND OFFICERSPLEADED WITH HAMILTON TOMAKE SURE THEY COULD GET HERBIRTHDATE CORRECT.

POLICEVIDEO SHOWS WHEN HAMILTONSTARTS SCREAMING ACROSS THESTREET ABOUT POLiCEBRUTALITY AND CLAIMS TO BEPREGNANT-OFFICERS FELT THENEED TO HANDCUFF HAMILTON.POLICE VIDEO THEN SHOWSHAMILTON BASHING HER OWNHEAD INTO THE CONCRETEPORCH.

POLICE JUST HOPE WHENPEOPLE SEE ENCOUNTERS LIKETHIS ONLINE-THEY PAUSEBEFORE RUSHING TOJUDGEMENT..CHIEF JOHNNY TEEHEE,MUSKOGEE POLICE,"WHEN WEHAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ONSOCIAL MEDIA-GIVE US THEOPPORTUNITY- GIVE THE OTHERSIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELLTHE STORY.

I THINK THAT'STHE BIGGEST THING.

BECAUSEYOU CAN SEE WHERE IF YOU'REFILIMING FROM ACROSS THESTREET HOW IT LOOKED ON THEFIRST VIDEO YOU'VE SEEN ANDTHEN YOU HAVE THE TRUTHBEHIND IT."POLICE HOPE THEIR BODYCAMERA VIDEO WILL HELP CLEARUP THE CONFUSION.

COMING UPTONIGHT AT 6, ONE COMMUNITYMEMBER-WHO HAS BEENOUTSPOKEN ABOUT POLICERELATIONS WAS AT TODAY'SMEETING.WE'LL HAVE IS REACTION INABOUT AN HOUR.

REPORTINGLIVE IN MUSKOGEE, TONYRUSSELL, 2 WORKS FOR YOU."NOW... YOUR 2 WORKS FOR YOUFIRST FOR