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Viral Video Prompts Review After Motorist Drives Through Ypsilanti Police Perimeter

The sheriff’s office is examining body and cellphone footage to decide whether deputies used appropriate force during an arrest the driver’s family says caused a head injury.

Overview

  • Washtenaw County deputies set up a safety perimeter for a reported armed domestic assault on the 1100 block of Harris Road and tried to reach a suspected barricaded man.
  • A separate vehicle drove through the secured area at high speed and was stopped with a tire-deflation device before deputies arrested the driver.
  • Cellphone video that circulated online appears to show a deputy taking the arrested man, identified by family as Derrick Tinsley, to the ground and his head striking pavement.
  • Officials say all children at the scene were found safe and released to relatives and that no injuries were reported while the sheriff’s office reviews the footage and scene information.
  • Tinsley was arraigned on charges including resisting police and child abuse, was released on bond, and his family alleges he suffered a concussion and memory loss as they press for a formal probe.