GULFPORT, Miss. _ Police video that Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania released Wednesday evening on Facebook contradicts at least two things Kelvin Fairley told the Sun Herald about being handcuffed and held at gunpoint Sunday night and confirms a couple of other points he made about how police handled the situation.
_ A police supervisor on the scene did apologize to Fairley _ twice _ for the stop, when Fairley said he received no apology.
_ If officers repeatedly said "Shut the f--- up," when Fairley asked why he was being detained, it is not audible on the video Papania supplied.
_ Once the mistake had been cleared up, an officer did, as Fairley said, tell his wife, "Good adrenaline rush for you." His wife, Natasha Krikorian, was clearly upset by the remark, telling the officers, "I'm a psychologist. That was not OK."
_ At least one gun is still pointed at the Fairley children in the back seat after police can be heard saying the rear passenger seat occupants are "kids."
During the Facebook video, Papania also elaborated on why officers approached the Fairleys in such a wary fashion Sunday evening on Dedeaux Road, where police pulled over the family outside their subdivision.
A neighbor had not only called police to report a burglary in progress in the Wingate subdivision, as previously reported, but also said the lights were off in the house and a number of "suspects" were moving around inside with flashlights.
While police sped to the subdivision, the neighbor told a dispatcher the suspects were loading up and leaving in a dark SUV.
The Sun Herald had been trying to get these details from the department since first reporting on the incident Monday afternoon. But Papania waited until his Wednesday evening Facebook video to release the information.
