{"id":1411804,"date":"2025-05-15T03:45:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1411804"},"modified":"2025-05-17T08:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T13:38:58","slug":"tyler-naacp-reacts-to-womans-arrest-firing-of-officers-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1411804","title":{"rendered":"Tyler NAACP reacts to woman\u2019s arrest, firing of officer\u2019s gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-15_034530-210x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1411805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-15_034530-210x200.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-15_034530.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>TYLER \u2013 The Tyler NAACP President Lisa Williams spoke with KETK on Tuesday about videos of the recent arrest of Brianna Erwin, which have been making rounds on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In 10 seconds of body camera footage released by Tyler PD, an officer can be heard saying, \u201cLet go of my gun\u201d just before the officer\u2019s gun went off in it\u2019s holster. Tyler PD said Erwin was then struck with a closed-hand by an officer in an attempt to avoid further escalation. Erwin was transported to the Smith County Jail where Williams met with her on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Body cam footage video below:<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1411804-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/Suspect-discharging-firearm.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/Suspect-discharging-firearm.mp4\">https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/Suspect-discharging-firearm.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI visited her May the 12th, once I saw the video on social media,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI reposted the video because I didn\u2019t know who it was and that was my main concern. Who was she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her visit with Erwin, Williams said she learned that Erwin wasn\u2019t pregnant as she was heard stating in videos of her arrest.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Williams said the force Tyler PD used against Erwin was excessive for a young woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was excessive force for a lady that was too much,\u201d Williams said. \u201cNow, we had an incident with a guy that went down 69 and shot at police officers. He went down 69. He don\u2019t have a black eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams is requesting that Tyler Police Department release all of the body camera footage from Erwin\u2019s arrest, not just the clip that\u2019s already been shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see the body cam footage from the beginning to the end. Because I feel like that\u2019d give light on what took place. We\u2019re getting bits and pieces,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Williams plans to meet with the Tyler Chief of Police to discuss the protocols used in Erwin\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna ask about the protocols and what could have been what could have happened before we got to that point where an officer was on top of a young lady,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>The Tyler Patrolman\u2019s Association Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 182 issued a statement about the incident on Tuesday saying the officers responded professionally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur officers showed incredible restraint in a life-threatening moment,\u201d said TPA President Tyler Pride. \u201cThey responded with professionalism and control when greater force was likely justified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ketk.com\/news\/top-stories\/she-chose-to-start-the-fight-tyler-police-chief-stands-by-officers-actions-in-brianna-erwins-arrest\/\">KETK News spoke with Tyler Police Chief Jimmy Toler on Wednesday to get his perspective on this incident. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2013 The Tyler NAACP President Lisa Williams spoke with KETK on Tuesday about videos of the recent arrest of Brianna Erwin, which have been making rounds on social media. In 10 seconds of body camera footage released by Tyler PD, an officer can be heard saying, \u201cLet go of my gun\u201d just before the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1411804\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler NAACP reacts to woman\u2019s arrest, firing of officer\u2019s gun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1411807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-15_034530-210x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 09:38:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-15_034530-210x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1411804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411811,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411804\/revisions\/1411811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1411804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1411804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1411804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}