Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY , Colo. — The fate of a former Aurora police officer who pistol-whipped and choked a Black man during a 2021 arrest is in the hands of a jury.
Byrnes said Haubert hit Vinson more than a dozen times in the face with a gun and did not de-escalate the situation. The prosecution also rehashed a few comments Haubert made to responding officers in the moments following the altercation, which include:"All that blood on him is from me f****** pistol-whipping him."Byrnes argued Haubert's life was not threatened when he began to use excessive force, and that a badge does not excuse Haubert's actions.
"Officers are to presume that people they haven't searched, particularly with warrants, are armed and dangerous. Use your common sense, that makes sense. That's a logical assumption that they would be armed and dangerous," Frost said to the jury.
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