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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.
By Regina Park
Photo: Getty Images
An upstate New York police officer is on paid administrative leave after surveillance video shows him punching a woman in the throat. According to
TMZ, the incident took place at an East Syracuse Walmart store on July 4.
Officers of the DeWitt Police Department were called to the store over reports of women fighting inside and allegedly using pepper spray. In recently-released body camera footage, the officer,
Rory Spain, appears to attempt to separate the people fighting and ends up detaining
Tyreana Edmonds –– the woman he later punches.
The video shows Edmonds apparently trying to bite Spain’s arm as he begins to lead her away. With a closed fist, Spain punches Edmonds in the throat, knocking her completely on the ground. Bystanders recording the incident immediately reacted to Spain’s punch, but as they approached, Spain told them to back up.