The state has said that the video of the troopers will not be made public until the end of criminal proceedings — or until a criminal trial.
This screenshot from a body camera video was attached to criminal charging documents published Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, by the Alaska Department of Law. It shows an Alaska State trooper kicking a man in May 2024. The trooper and one other have been charged with misdemeanor assault. This month, DPS Commissioner James Cockrell told reporters that he was “totally sickened” by what he saw in the footage, which inspired an investigation that led prosecutors to charge the two troopers with assault.
Feronti is an attorney with the Northern Justice Project, a civil rights firm, but is acting separate from that work, he said. “I want to be clear that I genuinely respect the men and women who step up to serve in law enforcement and to keep our communities safe. They deserve our great thanks. And they have my great thanks. However, the public also deserves transparency when select officers betray the public trust,” Feronti said.
Feronti’s suit, which names the Department of Public Safety as a defendant, was filed in Anchorage Superior Court last week and referred to Judge Thomas Matthews. No further proceedings have been scheduled. is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c public charity. Alaska Beacon maintains editorial independence.
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