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Baltimore school cop who slapped, kicked student dodges child abuse felony charges
2016-04-08 08:27:31 Post No. 37601
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Baltimore school cop who slapped, kicked student dodges child abuse felony charges
Anonymous
2016-04-08 08:27:31
Post No. 37601
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>A Baltimore school police officer who was caught on a viral video slapping and kicking a teenager has avoided felony child abuse charges. The officer and his partner, who observed the abuse, now face lesser charges of assault and misconduct in office.
>The Baltimore state’s attorney’s office dropped the second-degree child abuse charges against officer Anthony C. Spence, because they were not found to be “appropriate.”
>“After obtaining all the facts and analyzing them based on Maryland case law, Pope v. State, as well as the applicable criminal statute, we have determined the defendants in these cases did not have temporary care or custody of the victim, therefore the child abuse charges are not appropriate,” spokeswoman Rochelle Ritchie said in a statement.
>Spence, 44, has been under investigation since early March, when a video posted on Facebook showed him slapping a 16-year-old across the face three times before kicking him outside the REACH Partnership School in Clifton Park.
>Spence’s partner, Saverna Bias, 53, was seen standing nearby, reportedly encouraging Spence to “smack him because he has too much mouth.”
>Warren Brown, Spence’s lawyer, initially said that his client had been responding to a report of an intruder on the school grounds. However, it was later confirmed that the teenager was a student there. Brown then claimed that the student had spat on Spence before the officer slapped and kicked him.
>Bias’ attorney, Steven Levin, said on Thursday that the video showed his client hadn’t done anything to the teenager.
>“There is no basis for these charges,” Levin said.
https://www.rt.com/usa/338862-baltimore-cop-escapes-charges/
