COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Newly released police body camera video is shedding light on why a College Park city councilwoman sought a temporary protective order against a woman who had criticized her on social media.
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A judge later dismissed the order, saying the situation did not meet the threshold for a protective order intended to protect someone’s physical safety.
Channel 2 Action News obtained body camera video showing Councilwoman Jamelle McKenzie speaking with police about Allyson Blue, a former friend who had been criticizing McKenzie’s leadership on social media.
In the video, McKenzie told officers she was concerned Blue was encouraging others to target her online.
“These persons themselves may not hurt me, but you’re inciting,” McKenzie told police.
The two women had been friends for years before their relationship deteriorated, according to the report.
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Blue planned to criticize McKenzie during public comment at a Sept. 21 City Council meeting. But she never got the opportunity. The police chief served Blue with McKenzie’s temporary protective order at the door.
Body camera video also shows McKenzie filing another report against Blue days before the protective order hearing.
McKenzie told police she expected the temporary order to become a full protective order that would prevent Blue from coming near her for a year. She also acknowledged that such an order would keep Blue from speaking at council meetings or attending events involving McKenzie in the city.
The judge ultimately dismissed the temporary protective order, explaining that insults and criticism were not enough to justify one.
“For me to protect you from being called the B word, that’s not what this is for,” the judge said. “Not because she’s going to ruin your reputation, not because she is making a fuss in a meeting. This needs to be something, your physical safety.”
Blue’s daughter, Novella Tascoe, said she felt her mother had been vindicated by the judge’s decision.
Tascoe spoke before the City Council days after the order was dismissed because her mother was out of the country.
“Protective orders are reserved for when people are in true danger of harm, and to use that to silence someone is completely unacceptable, nonetheless from a public official,” Tascoe said.
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