'Anonymous' hacker group releases names of NJ cops who arrested man who died in their custody
theGrio REPORT - On Monday, the hacker group "Anonymous" threatened the Vineland Police Department, telling the department that if they did not release the names of the officers involved in the death of a man in custody, the hacker group would release the names themselves and target the department with a cyber attack.
On Monday, the hacker group “Anonymous” threatened the Vineland Police Department, telling the department that if they did not release the names of the officers involved in the death of a man in custody, the hacker group would release the names themselves and target the department with a cyber attack.
The next day, Tuesday, Anonymous released the names: Louis Platania and Rich Janasiak.
Separately, the VPD released audio recordings of the 911 call, police communications and EMS radio related to the incident. The names of the officers were also released, according to the department, because their voices could be heard on the recordings.
The incident began with a 911 call in which the caller complained of “some guy freaking out on Grape Street.”
“He’s screaming out there. He’s screaming,” the anonymous caller said in the recording. “I don’t know what the hell is wrong with him.”
In the police recording, after the officers arrived, one of them said that the subject tried to disarm him. In a cell phone video recorded of the incident, Phillip White can be seen lying on his back as a police dog appears to bite him.
The EMS recording shows that medical personnel described White as “hyperventilating” and then later took him to the Inpsira Medical Center for “respiratory distress.” Though they attempted CPR in the ambulance, White later died.
