Videos, portions of which were released on Wednesday by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office in a 14-minute clip, show officers pummeling, tasing, kicking and stomping citizens who were holding their hands up or otherwise defenseless.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - One officer stomped on a victim as he was being pushed to the ground. Another kicked a kneeling victim from behind. Another unleashed a flurry of hook punches to a man curled up in the street, followed by a strike to the groin, while a fellow officer yelled, “Get his ass, boy!” Yet another officer repeatedly tased a defenseless man in what Cuyahoga County’s top prosecutor described as “a form of torture.
The indictments follow a two-year investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland Field Office, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced at a press conference on Wednesday. He called the acts “appalling” and reflected on “a sad day for all of law enforcement.” In the past seven months, O’Malley’s office has worked to indict 16 East Cleveland police officers, including those charged Wednesday. In addition to the latest charges, which include felonious assault, interfering with civil rights and dereliction of duty, other officers have been charged with crimes including aggravated robbery, bribery and theft.
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