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COLUMBIA, S.C. A former police lieutenant has been exonerated after being falsely accused. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council ruled the Charleston Police Department failed to establish that Arthur “Rusty” Myers, a 23-year law enforcement veteran, had made a “willfully false, misleading, incomplete or deceitful” statement in the arrest of Rashad Robinson, according to The Post and Courier.
The sequence of events leading up to Myers’ unjust discipline began July 1, 2019, when Officer Kevin Schlieben and another officer stopped to question Robinson on suspicion of pulling on car door handles,
As a result of police contact, Robinson fled and there was a foot pursuit, followed by a struggle. During the physical confrontation, Schlieben and the other officer were injured, Law Officer reported at the time.