24-hour suspension proposed in Ohio officer head-kick case
Source: Associated Press
Andrew Welsh-huggins, Associated Press
Updated 4:04 pm, Wednesday, June 21, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A Columbus police officer who subdued a restrained suspect in a way that appeared to show him kicking the suspect in the head should serve a 24-hour suspension, according to a recommendation by the city police chief.
The proposed discipline by Columbus police chief Kim Jacobs against officer Zachary Rosen was made public Wednesday. The 24-hour suspension would amount to three shifts.
The city's Public Safety director can follow the recommendation, impose his own or determine no discipline is warranted.
A video taken April 8 shows a Columbus officer restraining a prone man and preparing to handcuff him when a second officer arrives and appears to kick him in the head.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/1-day-suspension-recommended-in-Ohio-officer-11236631.php
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Encourages more cops to kick subdued prisoners in the head! YAY!
do I need this?
irisblue
(32,975 posts)irisblue
(32,975 posts)A Franklin County Grand Jury declined to in indict in March 2017.
There is an ugly problem here.
irisblue
(32,975 posts)zz-la
(224 posts)This officer just keeps violating others civil rights and he stays on the force. These departments always cry how all cops get branded bad because of a few bad apples, but the entire lot of them is bad.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Nitram
(22,801 posts)Bad cops make minorities so afraid of the police they run to avoid arrest and are shot in the back.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)jb5150
(1,178 posts)and say nothing ...... then they are not good cops.
Nitram
(22,801 posts)Why should I have any respect for the law or of the police if a cop can get a one-day vacation for kicking a suspect in the head while he is being restrained on the ground by an other cop?
47of74
(18,470 posts)A whole week off?
zz-la
(224 posts)Or put them on desk duty for a while and hope it blows over. We have never done a great job of policing the police in this country. So it's not too surprising that we are seeing more incidents like this one.