“Boone, Hays, and Myers encountered a man identified as L.H. in the crowd and arrested him. The undercover detective, a 22-year veteran of the police force, was dressed as a protester and providing information to officers about potential criminal activity in the crowd.
According to the indictment, Boone, Hays, and Myers used unreasonable force: throwing the detective to the ground, kicking him, and hitting him with a riot baton “while he was compliant and not posing a physical threat to anyone.”
When they learned that he was an undercover officer, the three men then lied about what they had done and accused him of resisting arrest, the indictment said. They tried to contact L.H. to convince him not to pursue disciplinary or legal action, and Boone, Hays, and Myers also met with or texted various potential witnesses to try to get them to join the cover-up, the indictment states.”
As much as I love the irony I have to wonder if, like, any of the higher ups in the relevant police organization are going to think about changing things and addressing the level of police brutality.
If they don’t they’re literally valuing beating the shit out of people above their own people’s welfare.
Like… Even cops would have to be angry about that, right? ….right?
The police are not your friends and you should not rely on them. Carry a gun.
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