Shannon Hansen, 46, was one of three Kansas City officers involved in the May 2014 incident. Caught on police dashboard camera, an enraged Hansen can be seen holding down, cursing and threatening then 24-year-old Manuel Palacio, a Mexican American robbery suspect.
As part of a plea bargain with Jackson County prosecutors, Hansen, who left the department in July 2015, will also serve 30 days of what’s called “shock time,” a short period of jail time done in hopes of deterring further criminal behavior. Hansen will serve it at the Polk County jail in Bolivar, Mo.
Hansen pleaded guilty last Friday. He will be on probation for two years, and if he fails to complete that, will serve a year in jail, said Michael Mansur of the Jackson County District Attorney’s office. He must also complete anger management, serve 100 hours of community service and surrender his law enforcement certification.
“This case first developed after an assistant prosecuting attorney, who was reviewing evidence in another criminal case, came upon the dash cam video,” Mansur said.
Although the U.S. attorney declined to pursue a federal case, Jackson County prosecutors filed criminal charges. The dash cam video also triggered a Kansas City Police Department internal investigation, said Capt. Tye Grant, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.
Shannon Hansen, 46, was one of three Kansas City officers involved in the May 2014 incident. Caught on police dashboard camera, an enraged Hansen can be seen holding down, cursing and threatening then 24-year-old Manuel Palacio, a Mexican American robbery suspect.
As part of a plea bargain with Jackson County prosecutors, Hansen, who left the department in July 2015, will also serve 30 days of what’s called “shock time,” a short period of jail time done in hopes of deterring further criminal behavior. Hansen will serve it at the Polk County jail in Bolivar, Mo.
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The nearly 19-minute video shows a surprised Palacio, who was walking down Independence Ave., at Cypress, being rammed with a police cruiser and knocked to the ground.
After officers jumped from their cruiser, weapons drawn and pointed at Palacio, he was punched in the ribs, kicked, spit on, and threatened with “going to the hospital.” The commands are laced with expletives and at one point, an officer called Palacio a racial epithet generally reserved for blacks.
Through it all, Palacio, who was a suspect in a robbery, yells, “I didn’t do nothing!” He was unarmed and didn’t resist arrest. The video shows officers finding an ATM card on Palacio, who was accused of robbing from a man at knifepoint.
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