White Worcester (MA) Officer Charged With Beating Prisoner, Making Racial Remark

[KamaAina]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/04/10/white-worcester-officer-charged-for-beating-prisoner-making-racial-remarks/L8fWlR85P5wsKP5TfeZoGN/story.html

A white Worcester police officer is set to be charged with assault and a civil rights violation, after accusations he beat and kicked a handcuffed and shackled prisoner and made remarks about his black skin.

Michael Motyka, a 17-year veteran of the department, is accused of pushing a handcuffed and shackled 48-year-old man up against the wall, punching him, throwing him to the ground, and kicking him in December 2014. Motyka then “made a disparaging remark with respect to the complainant’s ‘black’ skin,” according to Worcester Police.

The victim filed a complaint to the Bureau of Professional Standards in March, and a witness corroborated the story, police said. An internal investigation found that the incident was caught on a security camera. Police have not released that video to the public.

Motyka is to be arraigned in court Friday morning on charges of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and a civil rights violation. He has been placed on paid administrative leave until a termination hearing is held.

Damn racist South!

[jwirr]

1. These murderers and abusers deserve to go to prison but my guess is that most juries think about

what will happen to a bad cop in prison and that is why it is so hard to get indictments. Does anyone else think this has some effect on why so many are let to get by with this?

[qwlauren35]

2. PAID?????????????????

That's just wrong.

[KamaAina]

3. Sadly, it's SOP