{"id":55414,"date":"2024-01-31T19:19:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T03:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55414"},"modified":"2024-01-31T19:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T03:19:34","slug":"former-washington-d-c-transit-police-officer-sentenced-to-a-year-in-prison-for-beating-transit-rider-with-a-metal-baton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55414","title":{"rendered":"Former Washington D.C. Transit Police Officer Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Beating Transit Rider with a Metal Baton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55416 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/OIP-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"240\" \/>Former Washington, D.C., Metro Transit Police (MTPD) Officer Andra Vance was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison for unlawfully beating an unarmed transit rider with a metal baton on Feb. 16, 2018, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThis violent, brutal beating of a citizen by someone cloaked in police powers deserves significant punishment and condemnation,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves for the District of Columbia. \u201cThe vast majority of officers in the District execute their duties in an exemplary manner. Their jobs only get harder when officers like this one betray their position and damage the trust the community should have in these public servants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cMTPD strongly condemns the actions of any officer who abuses their authority in the use of excessive force. This case is an aberration against the good MTPD officers who keep the system safe for our customers and employees every day,\u201d said MTPD Chief Michael Anzallo. \u201cWhat happened is disgraceful, which is why we immediately relieved the former officer of his duties and investigated. We appreciate the U.S. Attorney in the District and investigators with the Office of Professional Responsibility and Inspections for their part in bringing justice for this criminal act. No law enforcement officer is above the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><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\" \/>During Vance\u2019s trial in November 2022, evidence showed that the victim, identified as D.C., attempted to use an invalid Metro card to board a train at the Anacostia Metro station. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">When the card was confiscated by Metro Transit personnel, D.C. became angry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">D.C. complained to Vance and briefly walked away from the fare gate. When D.C. returned to the fare gate, Vance used his metal baton to hit D.C. in the head without legal justification. When D.C. fled from the fare gate, Vance chased him and continued to swing the baton at D.C.\u2019s head and neck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A fellow officer who witnessed the assault and who helped handcuff D.C. testified that D.C. was not a threat to Vance or anyone else at the Anacostia Metro Station at the time that Vance struck D.C. in the head. D.C. was taken to Howard University Hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Metro Transit Authority investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorney Maura White of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Gauri Gopal for the District of Columbia prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Washington, D.C., Metro Transit Police (MTPD) Officer Andra Vance was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison for unlawfully beating an unarmed transit rider with a metal baton&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Washington D.C. 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