By Dave Smith
Jul 29, 2021
Town of Dewitt, N.Y. - Dewitt Police announcing today that the officer involved in a use of force incident at an East Syracuse Walmart was justified in punching a woman he was trying to arrest.
Officer Rory Spain and another officers were called to break up a fight where two women attacked another woman and store employees at times using pepper spray.
As they tried to arrest 22-year-old Tajenik Byrd, of Syracuse, and 26-year-old Tyreana Edmonds, of Albany, Edmonds tried to bite Spain. Officer Spain then used used a punching tactic to the left side of the woman s neck. That tactic is taught as a way to defuse a situation without injury to the officers hand bone or the suspects head bones.
Cop punches Tyreana Edmonds in the throat after breaking up a fight between Edmonds and another female (screenshot). The latest shocking encounter between a police officer and POC has once again gone viral in what continues to be an ongoing issue due to disturbing excessive force.
An upstate New York police officer was officially placed on administrative leave after bodycam footage was released showing him punching a Black woman in the throat during a recent arrest at a local Walmart.
@TMZ TV reports, officer Rory Spain of the DeWitt Police Department is now on administrative leave following jaw-dropping video footage of him punching a Black woman, Tyreana Edmonds, in the throat and knocking her to the ground while attempting to arrest her at an East Syracuse Walmart on the 4th of July. According to the police report, Spain was one of the police officers who arrived on the scene after responding to a call involving Edmonds and other women involved in a physical altercation.