Dashcam footage released show
that sheriff's deputies did not try to save three Florida teens who
drowned after driving into a cemetery pond in a stolen car last month.
Dominque
Battle, 16, and Ashaunti Butler and Laniya Miller, both 15, died on
March 31, following a car chase with officers. The Pinellas County
Sheriff's office had previously claimed that the deputies had taken off
their gun belts and entered the pond once they realized that the girls
were trapped inside. The officers, however, said that their feet sank in
the bottom of the pond, causing them to deem any attempt at rescuing
too risky.
However, in the audio of the footage, deputies can be heard standing by their cruiser discussing whether to go in after the girls.
"I hear them yelling, I think!" one officer says.
“They’re done. They are 6-7, dude” another officer replies.
“They were yelling,” a deputy responds. “I thought I heard yelling.”
“But now, they’re done. They’re done," the deputy says as the car continues to sink.
However, in the audio of the footage, deputies can be heard standing by their cruiser discussing whether to go in after the girls.
"I hear them yelling, I think!" one officer says.
“They’re done. They are 6-7, dude” another officer replies.
“They were yelling,” a deputy responds. “I thought I heard yelling.”
“But now, they’re done. They’re done," the deputy says as the car continues to sink.
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