Some people are asking questions about the officers' actions, but that's not all. Television viewers are also questioning our coverage.

KOMU doesn't usually cover suicides or suicide attempts unless that private matter becomes public, as it did last week.

On Friday, one of our KOMU reporters witnessed a man threatening to jump off the Providence Road overpass and Columbia Police trying to talk him down. The man's public act stopped traffic on I-70 for more than an hour, causing at least one accident where a semi truck hit a minivan. In the end, police used a taser to take the man into custody. He fell off the overpass and is recovering.

Our coverage included the man's family screaming obscenities over police tactics used on him.

"I was outraged to see the video of the man's family crying and yelling on the side of the interstate. I imagine if this situation were to happen to your family you wouldn't want a very difficult time to be showcased to the public. The story would have been just as informative without the video of the grieving family," wrote viewer Julia Hansen. 

KOMU News Director Stacey Woelfel feels the footage of the family enhanced the story

"I would argue that the story would not have been as good without the family because it is that criticism of the family that the police was making that really helps put it into context of the taser despite, race relations, and other timely issues in town," Woelfel said.

While some in the community are critiquing the police actions, we thought we'd ask the police to critique our news coverage. Captain Zim Schwartze declined our request to talk about our coverage as the department is still conducting an internal investigation, but she applauds the effort to "make sure KOMU reports stories accurately."

"Captain Zim Schwartze from the police department listing the several episodes the police had already had with this man and his associates. I'm not sure we should have aired that," said KOMU First View Executive Producer Kent Collins. "Another one is the taser question. The community is locked in a hot debate on whether tasers are a proper police tool. Some of us in the news room thought it wasn't a taser issue at all even though a taser was used to bring him down. Another one is the great inconvenience and risk posed to the community and area by tying up I-70 in both directions for 90 minutes."

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