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Excessive Force

A South Carolina man claims he was paralyzed when police in South Charleston forced his motorcycle to crash into a pond, before two officers pepper sprayed him and stomped on his head with their body cameras and dashcams turned off. Passersby captured the incident on video.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia man claims he was paralyzed when police in South Charleston forced his motorcycle to crash into a pond, before two officers pepper sprayed him and stomped on his head with their body cameras and dashcams turned off. Passersby captured the incident on video.

Categories / Civil Rights, Personal Injury

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