California Police Officer Suspended After Video Shows Him Stomping on Suspect's Face

[ItsjustMe]

California Police Officer Suspended After Video Shows Him Stomping on Suspect's Face

A Redding, California, police officer has been placed on leave after he was seen "forcefully stepping" on a suspect's head as he and other officers attempted to arrest him on Monday, Jan. 23.

The officer was not identified by Redding Police Chief Bill Schueller, who posted an announcement of the incident on Facebook on Sunday.

The chief said he placed the officer on leave after a video of the arrest, involving several Redding police officers, was posted on social media.

The clip showed a police officer pinning the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Kevin Donald Hursey, to the ground before he is attacked by a K9. A group of officers then surround the suspect, who can be heard screaming, before one of the officers is seen stomping on the man's face.

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[2naSalit]

1. Big. Fat. Lawsuit.

Which the officers should be personally liable to cover.

[multigraincracker]

2. Just another police

gang bang.

[Rebl2]

5. Yep

[secondwind]

3. This is truly getting WAY OUT OF HAND....this HAS TO STOP!!!

[ColinC]

4. What's this about California training being superior to other states?

[wryter2000]

7. What they learn in formal training

Goes out the window once they’re surrounded by other police who fill them full of us-versus-them hatred. They feel justified doing anything damned thing they want to “them.”

[ColinC]

8. I once took the test to be police officer when I was young

In line with me while we were waiting were two former, fairly large CBP officers. In describing their former jobs they alluded to “the closed door” policy while smashing their fist to their hand with delight. I will never forget their glee as they told me this. And yes, this was in California and I have almost no doubt they got the job.

[NullTuples]

9. Irrelevant; it's Shasta County. One of our counties that's so far right it's practically infra-red.

The two cooperative power centers are Bethel Redding Church - and Carlos Zapatos & his MAGA militia. They've literally taken over the county government as well as that of the city of Redding.

When we have to drive through the county, we only stop at the one known-safe gas station at the edge of town (technically in Anderson not Redding).

[republianmushroom]

6. try this cop for assault

[NullTuples]

10. Not likely unless the state gets involved.