Ex-Officer Is Sentenced to 6 Years in Beating of Unarmed Man
The former St. Paul, Minn., officer was convicted of using excessive force against a civilian who resembled the description of an armed suspect from a street fight.
A screenshot from dashboard camera footage of an attack on a Minnesota man in 2016. An officer was convicted in the attack, which left the man with seven broken ribs.Credit.St. Paul Police
May 24, 2021, 1:52 p.m. ET
A former police officer in Minnesota was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday for kicking a Black man who was on the ground being bitten by a police dog after police mistook him for an armed suspect from a street fight in 2016, according to the authorities and court documents.
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T-R PHOTO BY JOE FISHER Sgt. Tom Watson and K-9 partner Jordy at the Police and Fire Department facility Tuesday. Jordy will enter retirement at the end of the year.
Two K-9 officers are shedding their roles with the Marshalltown Police Department and entering the world of retirement at the end of the year.
Raji and Jordy will officially be off duty after years of service. Both are German Shepherd, Belgian Malinois mixes. Both dogs are dual purpose officers, meaning they are trained to identify narcotics and track human scent.
It will be the first time the department has been without a K-9 unit in at least three decades. It is expected a new K-9 unit will be established but a timeline has not been set.