They were filming with Vallejo native Nef the Pharaoh… for the first episode of their second season of Noisey… a show that captured the cultures and artists in influential music scenes.
That interview was actually with Vice reporter Zach Goldbaum and crew. What are you guys doing? We’re shooting a video. The first person McLeod encountered told them what was going on. Popping their doors open… Coleman and McLeod immediately began telling people to… 00:39: Coleman: Have a seat. and within 6 seconds… Coleman announced his person of interest.
McLeod and Coleman soon turned on their body cameras.Ĭoleman turned right on Porter… punching the gas… and accelerating up the hill. badge numbers 6-65 and 6-74… respectively.īefore the sun had even set that early July evening back in 2016… officers in one Vallejo police SUV and two sedans aggressively drove toward what they perceived as a rap video shoot. That was Officers Matthew Komoda and Gary Jones. Not long after Coleman’s call for backup… 3-Paul-5 arrived to help. that featured people displaying firearms. In that report… Coleman noted a specific local music video… “Land of the Bridges”. Citing his previous experience and understanding of the area… Coleman wrote that he suspected that a music video-shoot was underway 00:00-00:10: I keep my money on my mind… just up from where Coleman spotted that alleged suspicious activity.Īs Coleman would later write in his report… he saw a group of men standing in the street… along with a film crew with boom microphones. he asked 3-Paul-5 to meet him and McLeod… badge number 6-83. Have them meet me at the corner of…Ĭoleman didn’t want his location broadcasted… so… instead…. It’s a location well known to many in Bay Area law enforcement… including Joshua Coleman. The intersection of Porter and Winchester is near the top of a hill… across the Napa River from the former Mare Island Preserve. 00:48 - 00:55 Coleman: Err… put me on suspicious activity at Porter and Winchester. H and S means California Health and Safety Code… which can include drug offenses. 00:45-00:47 Coleman: Okay, can you put me on H&S activity… She relayed back that only two other units were free. asked Kelly from dispatch about what backup was currently available. How are you? Kelly: I’m okay, how about you? Coleman: Great.
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That evening… Coleman was working in full uniform… with fellow officer Jade McLeod… as patrol unit 3-ADAM-4… Kelly: Dispatch, this is Kelly. Just as the sun was beginning to set on July 7th, 20-16… Officer Joshua Coleman noticed something suspicious in the southernmost neighborhood of Vallejo, California… part of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Using previously unreleased body camera footage, this episode illustrates how Vallejo native turned police officer, Joshua Coleman, feels about the community he once policed. TITLE: The Vallejo police war on rap musicĭESCRIPTION: When a Vice film crew came to Vallejo to interview native rap sensation Nef the Pharaoh, Vallejo police officers showed up and detained everyone, giving cameras direct evidence of how police violence continues to shape the local rap scene. To support the Vallejo Sun, sign up to become a member or chip in with a donation.
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