{"id":56728,"date":"2024-06-17T18:05:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56728"},"modified":"2024-06-17T18:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:07:33","slug":"former-maryland-police-officer-convicted-of-pepper-spraying-handcuffed-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56728","title":{"rendered":"Former Maryland Police Officer Convicted of Pepper Spraying Handcuffed Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6328 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"La Cosa Nostra Convicted Felon Admits to Drug, Prostitution and Weapons Charges\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A federal jury in the District of Columbia today convicted former Officer Philip Dupree, 38, of the Fairmount Heights Police Department in Maryland, for using excessive force, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cPolice brutality and violent misconduct against defenseless people are disgraceful acts that have no place in our society today,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Adding, \u201cWhen law enforcement officers abuse their power, it erodes trust with the communities they are sworn to protect and serve. The victim was handcuffed and already restrained in the back of the defendant\u2019s squad car at the time of the assault. The Justice Department is committed to holding accountable law enforcement officers who violate the civil and constitutional rights of those in their custody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During a weeklong jury trial, officials stated the evidence showed that, during the early morning hours of Aug. 4, 2019, Dupree was on duty as a Fairmont Heights Police Officer when he conducted a traffic stop in Washington D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dupree detained a man identified as T.S. and then deployed pepper spray as T.S. was handcuffed and seated in the back of Dupree\u2019s police car. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The government argued, and the jury found, that Dupree\u2019s use of force was a violation of T.S.\u2019 right to be free from excessive force by a law enforcement officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A sentencing hearing will be set at a later date. Dupree faces up to 10 years in prison for his alleged use of unreasonable force, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Washington Field Office is investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorney Sanjay Patel of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kathryn Rakoczy and Christopher Howland for the District of Columbia are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal jury in the District of Columbia today convicted former Officer Philip Dupree, 38, of the Fairmount Heights Police Department in Maryland, for using excessive force, according to officials. \u201cPolice 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