A Brooklyn police sergeant who was responsible for reviewing use-of-force cases has been fired for using excessive force against a handcuffed woman.
BROOKLYN, Ohio — A Brooklyn police sergeant who was responsible for reviewing use-of-force cases has been fired for using excessive force against a handcuffed woman.Now we’re learning Sergeant Paul Stein was terminated last fall after an internal investigation found he struck a woman five times in the face — while her hands were cuffed behind her back.
This was not Stein’s first controversial incident. On April 30, Juan Wyckoff said Stein’s truck hit his car on I-90 and then sped off at more than 100 miles per hour.“I’m like he literally just tried to run me off the highway and kept going,” Wyckoff said.The Chevy Silverado can be seen weaving between other vehicles on the highway in an apparent attempt to flee Wyckoff. At one point, the truck exits I-90 and races through Rocky River’s residential neighborhoods, barreling through red lights.Surveillance video captured Stein aggressively pushing Wyckoff away and kicking his leg.“That makes no sense because if I would’ve defended myself, I wouldn’t have been able to talk to nobody.”The September incident began when police arrested a woman on an outstanding warrant for aggravated menacing.Officers cuffed her hands behind her back and decided to place her in a restraint chair.She said his boots were hurting her and yelled at him to get off.Stein suddenly slapped her left cheek with an open hand, then punched her left jaw three times with a closed fist. When another officer grabbed his right arm, Stein switched hands and struck her again, this time with his left fist.During Stein’s pre-disciplinary hearing, he prepared a written statement saying his “objective was not to harm the subject, but to stop her from spitting at me again.”Stein claimed, “the strikes were not delivered with a high degree of force” and “the suspect wasn’t harmed.”Officers took photos to document her injuries. At the end of his statement, Stein wrote handwritten notes reading “undergoing counseling,” “on the verge of a nervous breakdown” and “under pressure since the traffic incident.”He was one of three officers at the department in charge of reviewing use-of-force incidents. A Brooklyn police sergeant who was responsible for reviewing use-of-force cases has been fired for using excessive force against a handcuffed woman.Brutal cold in Northeast Ohio: Your guide for winter alerts, warming centersName released of Elyria woman fatally struck by driver who police say thought he hit a deer1 dead, 1 injured after shooting at Orrville power plantODOT, OSHP getting ready for major winter storm
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