A former Wilmington police officer who was caught on store surveillance video slamming a man’s head against a plexiglass panel has been indicted by a Delaware grand jury on charges involving excessive force.
The indictment issued Monday accuses 27-year-old Samuel Waters of six misdemeanors and two felonies in connection with two separate incidents in September.
In the other incident, the former Wilmington police officer is charged with third-degree assault and official misconduct for allegedly pressing his nightstick against the neck of a noncombative domestic violence suspect as another officer was preparing to handcuff him. A former police officer who was caught on a Wilmington store surveillance video slamming a man’s head against a plexiglass panel has been indicted by a Delaware grand jury on charges involving excessive force.accuses former Wilmington police officer Samuel Waters, 27, of six misdemeanors and two felonies in connection with two separate incidents in September.
In the first, Waters allegedly pressed his nightstick against the back of a man’s neck as another officer tried to handcuff him after responding to a domestic violence call. Prosecutors said the suspect was bent over the back of a vehicle, had his hands behind his back, and was not combative or violent with the arresting officers.
Nine days later, on Sept. 21, Waters confronted another man, Dwayne Brown, at a convenience store in south Wilmington after police received a call from a nearby day care facility about a man repeatedly harassing employees. Police reportedly were told that the man had been at the day care several times, and that his conduct included yelling and making sexual comments to staff members.
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