A police officer in Tampa, Florida, who was videotaped dragging a handcuffed lady into jail has been fired, authorities mentioned.
An inner investigation decided that former officer Gregory Damon violated division insurance policies through the Nov. 17 incident, the Tampa Police Division introduced Tuesday in a information launch.
The lady was being arrested for trespassing, in keeping with the discharge. A physique digicam video exhibits her refusing to depart Damon's car whereas parked on the Orient Highway Jail and telling the officer, "I need you to tug me."
Damon then removes the girl from the car and pulls her by the arm throughout a concrete ground, stopping as soon as to inform her to rise up however the lady refuses. Damon drags the girl to a doorway then buzzes for extra officers to help him earlier than the physique digicam video launched by the Tampa Police Division cuts off.
The company mentioned it revised coverage in 2013 to forbid officers from dragging uncooperative suspects on the bottom. Officers ought to as an alternative search help from jail reserving workers or different regulation enforcement, police mentioned.
Damon had been with the Tampa Police Division since 2016.