From The Gazette (Colorado Springs): A man whose video of a traffic stop gained national attention appeared to make the situation worse for himself, witnesses told Colorado Springs police as part of an internal investigation.

But an officer involved in the stop said her colleague may have escalated the incident with how he handled it.

Interview transcripts, audio and video files, and emails from the Police Department’s internal affairs investigation, released to The Gazette in an open records request Thursday, provide more details and accounts of the March 25 traffic stop involving Ryan Brown, and his brother Benjamin.

In the case the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado called an example of racial profiling and “driving while black,” Ryan Brown was accused of obstructing a police officer.

His case was dismissed by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office last month, but not after his video of the traffic stop drew more than 150,000 views on YouTube. Benjamin Brown was ticketed for obstruction of view and compulsory insurance, and pleaded guilty to those charges.

The video shows Colorado Springs police officer David Nelson pulling Brown from a vehicle with the assistance of officer Allison Detwiler. When Brown is out of the vehicle, Detwiler asks him to turn around, and Nelson appears to push him to the ground. The video stops abruptly and Brown claims the officers turned off the camera.

Brown, 31, filed a complaint with the Police Department that day, and the officers were cleared of wrongdoing after an internal affairs investigation.

Brown said Thursday he wanted to review the records before commenting, but said he was disappointed by the investigation.

Mark Silverstein, legal director of ACLU Colorado, said the organization received the documents Thursday afternoon but had not reviewed them.

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