{"id":54876,"date":"2023-12-01T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54876"},"modified":"2023-12-01T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:31:08","slug":"former-officer-sentenced-to-21-months-for-assaulting-a-non-violent-loitering-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54876","title":{"rendered":"Former Officer Sentenced to 21 Months for Assaulting a Non-Violent Loitering Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A former officer of the Shreveport, Louisiana, Police Department, Dylan Hudson, 37, was sentenced this week to 21 months in federal prison for assaulting a non-violent loitering suspect, officials stated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Hudson was convicted earlier this year after a four-day trial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThis defendant\u2019s use of force was grossly excessive, inhumane and potentially fatal. The defendant repeatedly hit a nonviolent suspect in the head, kicked him in the face, tased him multiple times and pistol-whipped him in the head,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cWhen an officer so grievously abuses the authority entrusted to him by his community, the Justice Department will respond with the full force of the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shreveport Police Corporal Dylan Hudson\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EHxXjFzn3GM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">During his daylight arrest in Shreveport, Hudson was found to have physically attacked a suspect who was loitering, according to the trial evidence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As part of the arrest process, Hudson hit the guy many times on the head and face. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Police body cameras captured a number of violent incidents, including a loaded gun strike to the head, a taser to the base of the skull, and a kick to the face, all of which may have been fatal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to the testimony of Hudson&#8217;s fellow officers, the suspect who was loitering was completely nonviolent during the whole arrest process. However, the threats posed by Hudson&#8217;s numerous training and policy infractions extended beyond only the criminal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThe jury verdict and sentencing send a clear message to those who wear the badge and to the public that sickening conduct like that of Hudson\u2019s will simply not be tolerated,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. 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