Two Indiana officers filmed beating suspect handcuffed to a chair after he spat at them during 2018 arrest are indicted on excessive force

by HoratioTarr Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:48 am

Two Indiana police officers seen on video repeatedly punching a handcuffed and defenseless man in their custody have been charged with a federal civil rights violation.

Cory Newland, 35, and Joshua Titus, 30, of the Elkhart Police Department were indicted by a grand jury Thursday on a charge of depriving Mario Ledesma of his rights through excessive force.

Police surveillance video shows them punching Ledesma after he spat at Newland while sitting handcuffed in a chair at the police station in January 2018.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6839761/2-Indiana-officers-charged-beating-handcuffed-man.html

by HoratioTarr Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:49 am

if people realised how virulent saliva and phlegm is, they'd batter him too. You catch Hep C from it and a whole multitude of diseases.

by Original Quill Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:50 pm

I agree. Spitting at someone is a form of Assault.

The question is, did the cops use excessive force and was the force aimed at preventing a recurrence?

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Two Indiana officers filmed beating suspect handcuffed to a chair after he spat at them during 2018 arrest are indicted on excessive force

Two Indiana officers filmed beating suspect handcuffed to a chair after he spat at them during 2018 arrest are indicted on excessive force

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