Because several important ones were directly contradicted by his own body camera.
Investigators downloaded the footage Monday.
The recording began nearly two minutes before physical contact.
Holloway had activated it when he first recognized Jalen from the previous complaint, though he later seemed to forget that fact.
The microphone captured everything.
That your board?
Where’d you get it?
My brother.
Everybody says their brother bought it.
The camera showed Jalen pointing to the location of the ownership sticker.
Holloway never checked it.
Investigators froze the frame.
A small laminated strip was visible under the nose of the deck.
They later inspected it.
JALEN BROOKS — IF FOUND CALL ISAIAH 443-555-0186.
The phone number belonged to Isaiah.
The board had been purchased eight months earlier from Groundline Skate Supply using Isaiah’s debit card.
Security footage from the shop and electronic records confirmed it.
The stolen board reported Saturday looked superficially similar but carried a completely different silver skull design rather than Jalen’s raven graphic. Mrs. Daley’s son identified his recovered skateboard Sunday evening after a friend admitted borrowing it without permission.
There had never been a theft.
That did not mean Holloway acted improperly simply by asking.
Everything depended on what happened after the explanation.
The body camera showed Jalen place the board down when ordered.
It showed his hands.
It showed him step backward when Holloway approached.
The report called that movement an aggressive stance.
Video showed the opposite.
Then the phrase investigators replayed repeatedly.
You boys always want to turn everything into a problem.
Jalen responded, You boys?
Holloway never clarified.
The camera then showed Holloway seize the overshirt.
Jalen raised both hands.
Holloway said, Stop resisting.
Jalen answered, I’m not doing anything.
Then the shove.
The report described a control technique after Jalen raised his arms aggressively.
The camera showed Jalen’s arms rose after Holloway grabbed him.
Sequence mattered.
The footage continued during Isaiah’s arrival.
Get away from my brother!
Holloway shouted for him to back up.
Isaiah stepped between them.
Holloway put a hand into Isaiah’s chest.
Isaiah caught the wrist.
Then the second hand moved downward.
The camera angle did not show exactly whether Holloway reached for his radio, handcuffs, baton, or firearm.
Isaiah had perceived movement toward the duty belt.
That perception would become legally important.
His response lasted seconds.
The camera rotated violently during the takedown.
Then concrete.
Sky.
Isaiah’s face.
Stop reaching.
Holloway struggled.
Get off me.
Stop reaching for your weapon.
No punches.
No kicks.
No threats.
Once Holloway stopped reaching, Isaiah reduced pressure.
Body-camera footage did not prove Isaiah correctly identified the object Holloway intended to reach.
It showed why he perceived danger.
State Police investigators interviewed more than thirty witnesses.
Accounts varied around small details.