Roseland council member David Snyder was taken to St. Joseph County jail and held overnight after an incident during a Roseland council meeting.
He was released after the prosecutor's office reviewed the police report and decided to drop the felony charge, clearing way for Dorothy Snyder to bail him out.
David Snyder was put in jail after David Snyder was ejected from a budget meeting Friday night, before being taken to the ground outside by a Roseland police officer.
The melee started because David Snyder protested after being given only one minute to speak by council member Charlie Shields. After a heated argument, laced with profanities, Shields kicked Snyder from the meeting.
Snyder slowly walked from the meeting, escorted by Officer Jack Tiller. When he got into the lobby, turned and said something to Tiller who appears to shove Snyder who falls hard into the glass door and outside.
NewsCenter16's camera then shows David Snyder on the ground outside the town hall with Officer Tiller on top of Snyder. There are calls for Snyder to stop resisting as the officer appears to pound Snyder's head.
David Snyder was then taken to the hospital to be checked out before being taken to jail.
Roseland town council member David Snyder is calling for the resignation of a town marshal after a fight at Friday night's meeting.
Snyder says while he was being arrested, he became a victim of police brutality.
A felony charge of battery of a police officer was dropped.
The St. Joseph County prosecutor's office reviewed the police reports Saturday morning, dropped that charge but left two misdemeanor charges. That meant he could bond out of jail. Now he’s recovering at home.
On that home, signs calling for the Snyders to leave still remain after vandalism months ago, and with those it may be a surprise to learn that some are actually "siding with the Snyders."
David Snyder said, “I'm a victim of a rogue cop a cop that should no longer be wearing a badge and he should no longer be on the streets. He is a danger to society.
There were only two real witnesses to the fight.
Snyder who was kicked out of the meeting who says, “I’m walking out of the conference room and Jack is breathing down my back and somebody yells at me to turn around and look at them. And I say to Jack ‘Oh the bully is still whatever’ and he is just goes ballistic. Just ballistic and he shoves me shoves me through the door. I pass out and come to and he is pounding on me.”
The other witness was Marshal Jack Tiller. NewsCenter16 tried talking to him, but his wife answered the door.
When we asked for his side of the story, she responded “We'll you guys have smeared his name enough thank you.” She added the video does not show all that happened.
Some say, such as council member Ted Penn who declined an on camera interview said in the time chaos erupted, David got a punch in.
But David claims that’s not the case and he is considering a lawsuit against the town.
“I think that when someone is victimized and brutalized by a police officer that is a good potential,” Snyder added.”
Snyder says he will have to appear in court in October.
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