For roughly ten seconds, body-worn camera video shows a Wheat Ridge Police Officer holding a gun to a man’s head who was already on the ground after a chase, and yelling “I’ll put a bullet in your f—ing head” on May 6, 2025.
The officer was fired as a result.
The incident only came to light after investigative journalist Andrew Fraieli said he worked for months to obtain the body-worn camera video showing what happened. The fight for that footage exposed a tension between Colorado laws as well — one that protects the privacy of individuals involved in certain situations, and another that demands transparency from law enforcement agencies…