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Posted on: February 10, 2021 at 12:46:09 CT
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Four Louisiana state troopers were arrested on Monday on charges that they used excessive force and deactivated their body cameras during arrests, the authorities said.
Louisiana State Police investigators filed the charges on Monday against the troopers, who patrol Monroe, a city in the northern part of the state, as well as surrounding parishes. The troopers — identified as Dakota DeMoss, 28; George Harper, 26; Randall Dickerson, 34; and Jacob Brown, 30 — will remain on administrative leave, the agency said in a statement.
The charges arose from encounters in July 2019 and May 2020, the statement said.
In 2019, during a traffic stop in Ouachita Parish, two of the troopers found “suspected narcotics” and placed the driver into custody, the State Police said. Troopers Brown and Dickerson “utilized excessive and unjustifiable force on the handcuffed driver, deactivated body-worn cameras and reported untruthful statements” about the driver’s alleged resistance, the statement said.
The two troopers were charged with simple battery and malfeasance in office, the statement continued.
Trooper Brown was also charged in the 2020 encounter, along with Troopers DeMoss and Harper. In May, after a pursuit, the driver got out of his vehicle in Franklin Parish and lay down on the ground “in a compliant position,” the statement said.
During the arrest, the three troopers used “excessive and unjustifiable force” while handcuffing the man and deactivated their body cameras. All three were charged with simple battery and malfeasance in office, while Trooper Brown, who the State Police say falsified reports and failed to provide evidence, was additionally charged with obstruction of justice, according to the statement.
Louisiana State Police investigators filed the charges on Monday against the troopers, who patrol Monroe, a city in the northern part of the state, as well as surrounding parishes. The troopers — identified as Dakota DeMoss, 28; George Harper, 26; Randall Dickerson, 34; and Jacob Brown, 30 — will remain on administrative leave, the agency said in a statement.
The charges arose from encounters in July 2019 and May 2020, the statement said.
In 2019, during a traffic stop in Ouachita Parish, two of the troopers found “suspected narcotics” and placed the driver into custody, the State Police said. Troopers Brown and Dickerson “utilized excessive and unjustifiable force on the handcuffed driver, deactivated body-worn cameras and reported untruthful statements” about the driver’s alleged resistance, the statement said.
The two troopers were charged with simple battery and malfeasance in office, the statement continued.
Trooper Brown was also charged in the 2020 encounter, along with Troopers DeMoss and Harper. In May, after a pursuit, the driver got out of his vehicle in Franklin Parish and lay down on the ground “in a compliant position,” the statement said.
During the arrest, the three troopers used “excessive and unjustifiable force” while handcuffing the man and deactivated their body cameras. All three were charged with simple battery and malfeasance in office, while Trooper Brown, who the State Police say falsified reports and failed to provide evidence, was additionally charged with obstruction of justice, according to the statement.
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