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Three North Texas officers indicted on felony assault charges for force used on anti-police
Three North Texas officers indicted on felony assault charges for force used on anti-police brutality protesters in 2020Two North Texas police officers and a former police officer were indicted Friday on felony charges accusing them of using excessive force against demonstrators protesting against police brutality in May 2020.
Dallas police officer Ryan Mabry and former Dallas officer Melvin Williams were indicted on multiple felony counts of aggravated assault by a public servant and deadly conduct for their involvement with the protests, according to a press release from the Dallas County district attorney’s office. Garland police officer Joe Privitt was indicted on one felony count of aggravated assault by a public servant. The indictments come after nearly two years of investigation, District Attorney John Creuzot said in the release.
Mabry is accused of firing or threatening to fire so-called less-lethal projectiles at three people, according to some of his indictments.
The projectiles are a crowd control measure meant to injure, not kill, but their colloquial name acknowledges their capability to kill depending on where a person is hit. They have also caused serious injuries.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/06/dallas-garland-texas-police-officers-george-floyd-protests/