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Sherman A1

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Wed Jun 10, 2020, 07:18 PM Jun 2020

Florissant officer fired after video shows him hitting unarmed man with vehicle


FLORISSANT, Mo. (KMOV.com) – Florissant Police Chief Timothy Fagan on Wednesday announced the termination of an officer involved in a now-viral violent arrest that was caught on camera.

Detective Joshua Smith's firing comes more than a week after doorbell video showed the officer in an unmarked police vehicle strike an unarmed man and then taking him to the ground.

The incident took place on Tuesday, June 2, but Fagan said he found out about it days later, on Saturday. Fagan said three men were chased because the car they were in matched the description of a vehicle wanted for a shots fired call coming out of Ferguson.

The man hit by the patrol car suffered an ankle injury and was arrested by Florissant Police Department and is facing charges of resisting arrest

https://www.kmov.com/news/florissant-officer-fired-after-video-shows-him-hitting-unarmed-man-with-vehicle/article_afb0cfb6-ab54-11ea-95aa-1b5fc1d234f6.html
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