Cop, 29, faces assault charges over shocking video of him 'repeatedly hitting a homeless woman'

[Demovictory9]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7088555/Georgia-officer-charged-hitting-homeless-woman.html

A grand jury indicted police officer Phillip Larscheid, 29, on charges of aggravated assault and violation of his oath of office
Larscheid was initially cleared but the department reopened its use-of-force investigation after a bystander's video of the arrest surfaced online
The homeless woman, who has been identified as Katie McCrary, was begging customers for money at the store
McCrary pushed the officer and grabbed his vest and radio, according to a police report
The video shows the officer repeatedly striking McCrary with his baton as he tells her to put her hands behind her back and she struggles



'We'll take appropriate action in the next days and weeks,' LoRusso said. 'Obviously, it's devastating.'

Police initially cleared Larscheid after the June 4, 2017, arrest, Boston said. But the department reopened its use-of-force investigation after a bystander's video of the arrest surfaced online, she said.

Larscheid responded after employees at the gas station convenience store in Decatur, just east of Atlanta, were called to report that someone, later identified as Katie McCrary, was begging customers for money at the store.

A grand jury indicted Larscheid, 29, on charges of aggravated assault and violation of his oath of office, county District Attorney Sherry Boston said

[Downtown Hound]

1. "Larscheid was initially cleared but the department reopened its use-of-force investigation

after a bystander's video of the arrest surfaced online."

Is anybody surprised by this?

[USALiberal]

2. Coward bully! He will be hired by another department. nt

[CurtEastPoint]

5. HE IS STILL EMPLOYED but on 'clerical duty.' Rotten!

[dalton99a]

3. Watch the video - Asshole LOVED to hit her when she wasn't moving.

Officer of the Year for 2014

[Aristus]

4. This is just more proof for anyone who isn't already convinced: the homeless are much more

likely to be the victims of violent crime than the perpetrators.

I've said it before: it's easy to pick on the poor and defenseless. That's why so many people do it.

[SamKnause]

6. Evil mother fucker.

Put your hands behind your back so I can beat the fuck out of you.

Now that I have beat the fuck out of you, and you can't move, put your hands behind your back.

Fuckin pigs.

They disgust me !!!

Evil vile fucker !!!

[safeinOhio]

7. Stop protecting your head and face

while I beat you.
If not roid rage, at least anger issues.

[3Hotdogs]

8. And of course, "Calling out, 'Stop resisting' as an excuse to continue the beating.

If I'm ever in a cop case and a video or testimony includes, 'Stop resisting,' or furtive movement or reached for waistband, I vote, the fuckin' cop is guilty.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Sickening

This officer is evil and probably became a police officer so he could have chances to beat helpless people.