Cleveland cops indicted as video of them stomping on civilians, tasering cuffed ... trends now
Prosecutors in Ohio announced that 11 current and former East Cleveland police officers were indicted.
They were accused of violating civil rights and of public corruption - charges include felonious assault, assault, tampering with records and disrupting public service.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office released on Wednesday a 14-minute video showing officers pummeling, tasing, kicking and stomping on defenseless citizens.
Another video shows an officer using his patrol vehicle to ram into a man on foot.
The indictments came after a two-year investigation led by the FBI's Cleveland Field Office, said Prosecutor Michael O'Malley, who described it as 'a sad day for law enforcement' during a conference on Wednesday.
Video shows them pummeling, tasing, and stomping on defenseless citizens. Officer Tristan Homan is pictured here
Officer Ian McInnes was seen in one clip repeatedly firing his taser aa a man wirthed on the floor and appeared to offer no resistance
'Make no mistake There has been a cancer growing in the East Cleveland Police Department,' said O'Malley said during the conference.
'We are doing our best to remove every tentacle of that cancer, so this department can rebuild and grow to put itself in a position to hire officers who will enforce the law as well as follow the law.'
All crimes, for which there were 11 victims, were said to have happened between
