And another one - Baltimore Police Officer Charged With Assault And False Imprisonment

[tulipsandroses]

Baltimore Police Officer Charged With Assault And False Imprisonment After Brutal Arrest Is Caught On Camera

[link:https://blavity.com/baltimore-police-officer-charged-with-assault-and-false-imprisonment-after-brutal-arrest-is-caught-on-camera|


Police Sgt. Ethan Newberg was charged with assault, false imprisonment and misconduct after tackling and arresting a bystander.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Sgt. Ethan Newberg has been charged with assault, false imprisonment and misconduct after bodycam video footage showed the officer tackling and arresting a man.
Newberg, 49, has been on the force for 24 years and The Baltimore Sun noted that he was the city's second highest paid employee in 2018. Through his work and overtime, he was able to rake in $243,000. In fact, he made more than the mayor last year.

Footage from the bodycam showed Newberg arresting another man on May 30 and forcing him to sit on the curb. Lee Dotson was walking by and asked the officers why they were leaving the man on the wet sidewalk.
Newberg immediately became enraged and tackled 30-year-old Dotson by the neck, hitting him while dragging him down. His partner joined him in holding him down by the neck and handcuffs him. As the incident unfolded, Dotson asked why he was being arrested.

"Because you don’t know how to act,” Newberg says in front of about eight officers." "Just go to jail and take your charge like a man.”

The other officers allowed Newberg to arrest Dotson and bring him to the station, where he was later released once prosecutors learned of the situation. Newberg initially lied on the police report and said Dotson was impeding his arrest of the other man by "creating a hostile crowd." Once the bodycam video was released, it was clear the officer's account was untrue.

[tulipsandroses]

1. So after every incident -I hear the mayor, police chief say- this is not who we are,

its not indicative of our police department, blah blah blah blah. Or some version of it. I really want to hold on to that belief but until the good cops speak out against this type of behavior its hard to keep believing this.

There were EIGHT other officers present. They knew this young man was not guilty of a crime. YET none of them objected or spoke out against his arrest.
They knew this officer was lying. They knew he assaulted this young man. YET none of them spoke out against it.

I AM SURE this was not the first time he did this.

If you watch the video, you can hear this young man say get off my neck!!! - Luckily it did not turn into tragedy but we could have had another Eric Garner, Freddie Gray situation with EIGHT other police officers present.

So yeah, the " This is not who we are speeches" are getting a bit old.

[Mr.Bill]

6. When Rodney King was beaten

there were 25 officers from I think four different agencies present. Every single one of them wrote a report saying that King was not struck after he was on the ground. Back then, citizen video was the farthest thing from their minds.

[glad2bexpatnow]

2. former baltimore resident,

there is a reason poc don't trust the police and that baltimore is more than 500 cops down.

[uponit7771]

5. Does 500 cops down mean they need 500? Leo's? tia

[lunasun]

3. Steroids gave him all that overtime I bet

Once again other officers
The other officers allowed Newberg to arrest Dotson and bring him to the station, where he was later released once prosecutors learned of the situation.

[uponit7771]

4. " The other officers allowed Newberg to arrest Dotson ..." This is 75% of the problem

... and it's 100% lack of leadership in a lot of PDs

[Demovictory9]

8. yep

[tblue37]

7. K&R for visibility. nt