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Report: Video refutes trooper who denied unmasking protester
Read full article: Report: Video refutes trooper who denied unmasking protesterNASHVILLE, Tenn. – A former Tennessee state trooper's insistence that he never yanked the mask off a protester near the state Capitol has been refuted by surveillance footage and an eyewitness account from a fellow law enforcement officer, state records show. The notice of Briggs' termination this summer says a security camera at the Tennessee State Library & Archives provided a different view from the protester's own video. Andrew Golden's widely shared recording showed Golden's mask on the ground but didn't capture Briggs removing it, and the trooper denied doing so on camera. Briggs also violated state law by not wearing a mask himself, despite the coronavirus pandemic, the notice said. “Trooper Briggs, you are a State Trooper whose conduct should inspire confidence and trust, especially in this time of civil protest by citizens of Tennessee,” his termination notice states.