Post by Logan on Jul 3, 2016 22:48:20 GMT -6
Puerto Rico police officers indicted for civil rights violations and obstruction of justice
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 12-count indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging four current and former Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) Caguas Drug Unit officers with civil rights violations and obstruction of justice arising out of a police operation conducted in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on August 15, 2015.
The indictment alleges that during the police operation, the officers used excessive force against two arrestees and that they unlawfully seized, concealed and destroyed evidence of their misconduct.
According to the indictment, while acting under color of law, POPR Sergeant Maximo Cano Diaz physically struck an individual identified only as ACN, resulting in bodily injury. The indictment also alleges that while acting under color of law, POPR Agent Antonio Rodriguez Ortiz assaulted an individual, identified only as GAH, by deploying a taser onto GAH’s body, which resulted in bodily injury.
Cano, Rodriguez and former POPR Agent Javier Ortiz Gonzalez then commanded an individual, identified only as XRC, to stop recording video and surrender her cell phone while pointing a taser at her. The defendants allegedly then pursued XRC to the gate of her home; seized her cell phone, which was used, in part, to record police conduct on or about August 15, 2015; and erased the contents of the cell phone by resetting the phone to its factory settings.
Read more: www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Puerto-Rico-police-officers-indicted-for-civil-rights-violations-and-obstruction-of-justice-30932.html
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 12-count indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging four current and former Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) Caguas Drug Unit officers with civil rights violations and obstruction of justice arising out of a police operation conducted in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on August 15, 2015.
The indictment alleges that during the police operation, the officers used excessive force against two arrestees and that they unlawfully seized, concealed and destroyed evidence of their misconduct.
According to the indictment, while acting under color of law, POPR Sergeant Maximo Cano Diaz physically struck an individual identified only as ACN, resulting in bodily injury. The indictment also alleges that while acting under color of law, POPR Agent Antonio Rodriguez Ortiz assaulted an individual, identified only as GAH, by deploying a taser onto GAH’s body, which resulted in bodily injury.
Cano, Rodriguez and former POPR Agent Javier Ortiz Gonzalez then commanded an individual, identified only as XRC, to stop recording video and surrender her cell phone while pointing a taser at her. The defendants allegedly then pursued XRC to the gate of her home; seized her cell phone, which was used, in part, to record police conduct on or about August 15, 2015; and erased the contents of the cell phone by resetting the phone to its factory settings.
Read more: www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Puerto-Rico-police-officers-indicted-for-civil-rights-violations-and-obstruction-of-justice-30932.html