A former Louisiana police officer was sentenced to over six years in prison after he kicked a suspect in the face who had already surrendered and had his hands behind his back, the Associated Press reports.
Jared Preston Desadier, 44, was sentenced to 78 months detention by a federal judge after he pled guilty to a single count of “deprivation of rights under color of law.” The incident took place in April 2020 when Desadier was employed by the Monroe Police Department.
From the AP:
Officers were responding to an alarm in downtown Monroe when they encountered the suspect, who fled after officers found he was carrying a fake plastic gun and drug paraphernalia. The suspect surrendered and obeyed orders to lie on the ground, flat on his stomach with his hands behind his back, according to a document filed with his plea documents.
Desadier erroneously thought a fellow officer’s body-worn camera was off before he ran toward the victim and kicked him in the face, prosecutors said.
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WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ A police officer in Louisiana was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison after assaulting a Black man who was on his stomach with his hands behind his back. Jared Desadier asked another cop if his body cam was on, and when he said no, Desadier kicked the man's head. pic.twitter.com/D1TQDGHoea
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