City state's attorney responds to video

City state's attorney responds to video

SEEN ON VIDEO HITTING A WOMANAFTER SHE STRUCK ANOTHEROFFICER TWICE━ WILL NOT BECHARGED WITH A CRIME.

THESERGEANT WAS SUSPENDED AFTERTHE INCIDENT━ AND THE CITYPOLICE COMMISSIONER ORDERED ANINVESTIGATION.

WMAR 2 NEWS'MARK ROPER IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWNBALTIMORE.

MARK━ WHAT IS THECITY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICESAYING ABOUT THIS?THE INCIDENT HAPPENED HERE ATTHE INTERSECTION OF BALTIMOREAND GAY STREETS━ AND THEBALTIMORE CITY STATE'SATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THESERGEANT DIDN'T DO ANYTHINGILLEGAL AND THAT IT'S UP TOTHE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKACTION.

IN THE VIDEO━ YOUCAN SEE THE WOMAN STRIKE ANOFFICER IN THE FACE.

THESERGEANT TRIES TO RESTRAIN HERWHEN SHE BREAKS FREE AND HITSTHE OFFICER A SECOND TIME.IT'S AT THAT POINT THESERGEANT STRIKES HER FACE WITHA CLOSED FIST AND SHE FALLS TOTHE GROUND.

THE BALTIMORESTATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICELOOKED INTO THIS CASE AND SAYOFFICERS WERE ON DUTY DOINGTRAFFIC CONTROL WHEN A VEHICLEENTERED THE INTERSECTIONAGAINS A RED LIGHT━ ANDAGAINST THE OFFICER'S HANTHE REVIEW STATES THE VEHICLEACCELERATED TOWARDS THEOFFICER━ PASSED HIM━ MADEA ━ TURN AND THEN HEADEDTOWARD THE OFFICER AGAIN.

THEOFFICER AND SERGEANT DREWTHEIR WEAPONS AND ORDERED THEDRIVER OUT OF THE CAR.

THEREVIEW FURTHER STATES THEWOMAN SPAT AT THE OFFICERBEFORE STRIKING HIM TWICE.

ASPOKESWOMAN WITH THE BALTIMORECITY STATE'S ATTORNEY OFFICERELEASED A STATEMENT WHICHREADS QUOTE WE HAVE COMPLETEDA THOROUGH REVIEW OF THISUNFORTUNATE INCIDENT, ANDWHILE WE STRONGLY DISAGREEWITH THE ACTION THE OFFICERTOOK, IT DOES NOT RISE TO THELEVEL OF ILLEGALITY.

THEOFFICER HAD OTHER OPTIONS HECOULD HAVE PURSUED TO D━ESCALATE THE SITUATION RATHERTHAN STRIKING THE WOMAN WITH ACLOSED FIST, AND WE RECOMMENDTHAT BPD REVIEW THIS OFFICERCONDUCT IN THE IMMEDIATEINSTANCE, CONSIDER HIS PASTRECORD OF CONDUCT, AND TAKEAPPROPRIATE INTERNAL ACTION.THE REVIEW BY THE STATE'SATTORNEY'S OFFICE STATES THEDECISION TO USE FORCE ISJUSTIFIED UNDER MARYLAND LAWBUT THE ━━D SHOULD TRAINOFFICERS TO EXERCISERESTRAINT.

LIVE IN DOWNTOWNBALTIMORE━ MARK ROPER WMAR 2NEWS.LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFIC