Police body video shows officer beating accused jaywalker
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Six months after a white officer’s beating and shocking of a black man he accused of jaywalking in Asheville, North Carolina, his body camera recording suggests why the police department is still investigating the case. Asheville police Chief Tammy Hooper publicly apologized to 33-year-old Johnnie Jermaine Rush on Thursday after the Citizen Times reported on the video, calling Rush’s treatment “unacceptable and contrary” to the progress her […]
