Cop pleads NOT guilty in assault case against Indian in Alabama
February 18, 2015 12:26
The police officer in Alabama accused of slamming a 59-year-old visitor from India to the ground, causing partial paralysis to the man, entered a not guilty plea in court Tuesday.
Eric Parker, 26, has been charged with third degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor.
Sureshbhai Patel needed spinal fusion surgery to repair damage to his back after Parker forced him to the ground. Video from the dash cameras of two police cars recorded the encounter, which took place the morning of February 6.
Eric Parker, 26, has been charged with third degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor.
Sureshbhai Patel needed spinal fusion surgery to repair damage to his back after Parker forced him to the ground. Video from the dash cameras of two police cars recorded the encounter, which took place the morning of February 6.
Parker was also fired from his job for his use of force against a man who committed no crime, did not speak English and could not understand the police commands.
The community was in disbelief that an elderly man who had done no crime other than walking on the sidewalk, would be brutalised savagely, paralysing him with fused vertebrae.
Community organizations have condemned the inhuman attack pointing out that the officer lacked common sense or racial bias might have played a role in the attack.TOP STORIES
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