A federal jury in Louisiana on Wednesday acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight.
The trooper beat Aaron Larry Bowman with a flashlight after a traffic stop in 2019. The case drew outrage after police body-camera footage of the encounter went public.
A federal jury in Louisiana acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man with a flashlight.
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