The United States Department of Justice has requested the 2022 beating of Dalvin Gadson by Colorado cops to be looked into as a criminal investigation, his attorney announced on Monday.
It comes one year after several officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department pulled over Gadson, a Black veteran who was living in his car at the time, for improperly displaying his license plate last October. Body camera footage shows an officer instructing him to get out of his vehicle and said he was being detained because he was “under investigation for a DUI.”
The officers ordered him to stand up as he was sitting in the car, and after he refused, a tussle ensued. In the video, officers struck Gadson multiple times as they attempted to restrain and handcuff him. During the incident, Gadson repeatedly asked why he was being taken into custody. One video shows his bloody face as he is lying on the concrete.
A federal lawsuit was filed against the officers, accusing them of violating Gadson’s civil rights when they used excessive force during his arrest. His attorney, Harry Daniels, previously told Atlanta Black Star that his client was “beaten, brutalized and left bloodied” at the hands of the cops. The officers talked casually and joked after the assault.
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