Incident McAuliffe-Barlow-Traffic-Stop-19

Date	Aug 07, 2019
Time	06:00 PM
Report #	McAuliffe-Barlow-Traffic-Stop-19
Department	Richmond Police Department
Officers	William Thomas Mcauliffe , Jennifer Lynn Barlow , Douglas O`connor Peppel
Address	Midlothian Turnpike Richmond, VA

Incident Description

William McAuliffe and Jennifer Barlow were sued for using excessive force "in a fit of sudden and unprovoked rage" upon Elder Chacon, Brenda Samayoa, and their 12-year-old daughter, after a crash in the city on Aug. 7, 2019. Officer Douglas Peppel was also involved in the incident according to court records for Chacon, although he is not named in the court complaint.

According to the complaint: "'In a fit of sudden and unprovoked rage, Officer McAuliffe threw his clipboard on the ground and violently grabbed at Chacon’s person..' McAuliffe then allegedly pushed Samayoa out of the way, striking her in the face and pushing her into [daughter] Nathaly, who was standing next to her, as Samayoa fell to the ground...

"Officer McAuliffe continued attacking him and that instead of deescalating the situation, Officer Barlow used her taser on Chacon... At the time that Officer McAuliffe and Officer Barlow assaulted Mr. Chacon, he was not engaged in any activity suggesting that he posed a threat to officer safety or to any other person.”

Links

"Virginia Family Alleges Attack by Richmond Police Department Officers in Federal Lawsuit"
WFXR-TV
"Family sues 2 Virginia officers, alleges excessive force"
"The daughter tried to tell the officers that a vehicle had struck the family from behind and fled the scene, according to the lawsuit. It says the officers ignored the explanation and wrote Chacon a ticket, which he refused to sign. The suit said one officer became enraged, threw his clipboard down and “violently grabbed” at Chacon. Samayoa stepped between the two men but the officer pushed her into her daughter and forced Chacon to the ground, the lawsuit said. One officer then punched Chacon in the head and body, while the other used a stun gun on him, the lawsuit said." - Associated Press
"Family sues two Richmond police officers alleging excessive force following crash"
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Chacon et al v. Mcauliffe et al"
Richmond Police Accountability Project
"Complaint Against William McAuliffe & Jennifer Barlow (Chacon, Samayoa, 1/2021)"
Complaint describing an unprovoked attack by Richmond police officers William McAuliffe and Jennifer Barlow, alleging they used excessive force when they assaulted an entire immigrant family after they suffered a crash in the city on Aug. 7, 2019. - US Eastern District Court of Virginia (DocumentCloud/Via PACER)