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Former police officer sentenced to prison for use of excessive force
“When an officer betrays that oath and violates a person's civil rights, that officer must be held accountable. Our community, and our profession, deserve no less.”
Convicted of violating the civil
rights of an innocent, unarmed man, a former Minnesota police officer was
recently sentenced to six years in federal prison. The cop was recorded on
police dash cam video allowing a K-9 to maul the man before breaking seven of
his ribs, causing both of his lungs to collapse.
In June 2016, St. Paul Police
Officer Brett Palkowitsch and his colleagues responded to a 911 call alleging