Woman kidnapped at knifepoint is rescued from van outfitted with cages and chains in Alabama, police

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald- W Post

By Michael Brice-Saddler

The Sunday phone call may have saved the woman's life, officials say.

A citizen in Brookside, Alabama, dialed police that afternoon and said he'd just watched a man kidnap a woman at knifepoint, forcing her into a white van as she bled from her face and reportedly cried out, "Help, he's gonna kill me!" The witness trailed behind the van and offered dispatchers a description of its tags and whereabouts, setting off a police chase and climactic arrest of a man who authorities say later admitted to taking the woman against her will.

The Brookside Police Department on Tuesday released body camera video that shows officers free the woman from the van, which officials say was equipped with instruments of maltreatment. The van featured a cage in the back and wire cages over its windows. The doors were chained shut from the inside.

Police say the suspect, identified as Sean Sanders of Los Angeles, also draped blankets over the windows to prevent those on the outside from seeing what lay within.

Video: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/body-cam-footage-shows-kidnapped-woman-rescued-from-van/2020/01/02/6666de4b-3887-41e5-ae37-c8f2b0c5b4c4_video.html

Read more: https://www.omaha.com/news/trending/woman-kidnapped-at-knifepoint-is-rescued-from-van-outfitted-with/article_13ea7324-3ea8-5919-98cd-7fb0102733a4.html

[rampartc]

1. a very lucky woman

someone saw the incident and the police took the call seriously.

[Javaman]

2. with the way his van was outfitted...

sounds like a serial killer.

wonder how many others this piece of shit got.

[hunter]

11. It's a good thing they didn't kill him, as he wished.

Maybe he'll talk.

Let's hope they are holding him on an effective suicide watch.

[RKP5637]

3. OMG! FFS! Scary sh**. n/t

[mysteryowl]

8. +++ 1000's

[LonePirate]

4. Glad the woman is safe but I fear she likely was not the first victim given his state of origin

[PatSeg]

5. That was pretty impressive police work

and actually a very effective use of a taser.

"The suspect was demanding the officers kill him," police wrote. "Fearing immediate danger to the victim Brookside tactical officers breached the rear of the suspect vehicle, Tased the suspect and made entry into the front of the vehicle to engage the suspect."

https://www.omaha.com/news/trending/woman-kidnapped-at-knifepoint-is-rescued-from-van-outfitted-with/article_13ea7324-3ea8-5919-98cd-7fb0102733a4.html

They negotiated with the assailant for 35 minutes, no trigger-happy cops. Very professional from the reports.

[snort]

7. Oh, I see,

it was a white guy.

[erronis]

9. +1. This needs to be repeated over and over.

[Bonx]

13. Really? It's not true. Did you see the article with a pic below?

[PatSeg]

10. Yes, this is true

Though I do believe or at least hope there still are some professional police officers out there. In this case, they saved a woman's life. I can't judge them on their treatment of people of color without knowing more about them. With what we know, they did an excellent job and I only mentioned it because most cop stories are extremely disturbing and abusive these days. Stories of tasing and/or abusing elderly people, pregnant women, children, and the disabled have become far too common.

When there is a positive story, it deserves credit. That does not in any way detract from the many stories of police abuse we hear on a regular basis.

[SpazzTheCat]

12. Are you saying?

The cop was white or the suspect?

All the news I've seen is showing pictures of an African American male as the suspect.

[link:https://abc3340.com/news/local/man-faces-multiple-charges-after-brookside-kidnapping|

[gopiscrap]

21. welcome to DU

[Bonx]

15. "it sounds like the kind of crime a white guy would do"

Nice.
It was actually an African American guy though.

[Lulu KC]

17. NOOOO!!! n/t

[Lulu KC]

18. I think I have to remove my post

It was kind of stupid and there is no room for nuance in any kind of online anything. I know what I meant, but for the love of Pete, I can't explain it. So bye-bye it goes. Poor impulse control.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. What a wacko

What was he thinking? "My last ball and chain got away from me!"

Gee, wonder why.

[Maxheader]

19. Sounds like the kind of vehicle..

the yellow haired traitor used back in its younger days...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations

[intheflow]

20. "...implements of maltreatment"?

Lemme help you out here, WaPo. The term you were looking for was "implements of torture."