{"id":56957,"date":"2024-07-09T17:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56957"},"modified":"2024-07-09T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T00:57:18","slug":"two-former-police-officers-facing-lengthy-prison-sentences-for-violating-civil-rights-of-handcuffed-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56957","title":{"rendered":"Two Former Police Officers Facing Lengthy  Prison Sentences for Violating Civil Rights of Handcuffed Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png\" alt=\"&quot;Goon Squad&quot; Shooter Sentenced to 20 Years for Firing at Police\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FBI.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Two former Northwoods, Missouri, police officers were indicted last week for violating a man\u2019s civil rights in 2023, according to federal officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">One officer turned himself in on Monday, and the other turned himself in on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Samuel Davis and Michael Hill were each indicted in relation to a July 4, 2023, encounter with a man, identified in the indictment as \u201cC.G.,\u201d after they were called to a Walgreens in Northwoods, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Each was indicted on one count of conspiracy to intimidate C.G. in the free exercise and enjoyment of his right to be free from unreasonable seizure and deprivation of rights under the color of law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Northwoods officers charged in kidnapping, beating of man out on bond\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XgH9210j1Jk?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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Davis was also indicted on one count of engaging in misleading conduct with the intent to hinder, delay, and prevent the communication of information relating to the possible commission of a federal offense and one count of altering records in a federal investigation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Hill was also indicted on one count of lying to the FBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Northwoods police officer accused of kidnapping, beating and pepper spraying man\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wN5yRVo1LwY?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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(2023 News Report)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the indictment, Hill, who was Davis\u2019 supervisor, told Davis to take C.G. to Kinloch, Missouri. Davis then took C.G. to a field in Kinloch, where he struck the handcuffed man with his police baton. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">To cover up the incident, Davis told a dispatcher that C.G. was gone before Davis arrived at the Walgreens. Davis also allegedly turned off his body camera. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment also alleges Hill lied to FBI agents investigating the incident when he falsely stated that C.G. asked to go to Kinloch because he \u201chad people\u201d there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If convicted, Davis and Hill each face a maximum penalty of life in prison for the charges of conspiracy to violate civil rights and deprivation of rights under color of law. 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Hill faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for lying to the FBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Both defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI St. Louis Field Office and St. Louis County Police Department investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Krug for the Eastern District of Missouri and Trial Attorney Taylor Payne of the Civil Rights Division\u2019s Criminal Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former Northwoods, Missouri, police officers were indicted last week for violating a man\u2019s civil rights in 2023, according to federal officials. 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