The former officer was later charged with a felony count of filing a false police report, though an El Cajon jury acquitted him last year. He faced three years in prison had he been convicted.
EL CAJON, Calif. -– A Southern California police officer who was fired last year was acquitted Friday of a felony count of filing a false police report in connection with a high-profile arrest of a black man near the Grossmont Transit Center in La Mesa.
Former La Mesa police officer Matthew Dage