Judge delays case against Alabama officer charged in assault

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge delays case against Alabama officer charged in assault
| April 29, 2015

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A judge is delaying action on a state assault charge against an Alabama police officer accused of injuring an Indian man during a violent confrontation earlier this year.

Limestone County District Judge Jeanne Anderson issued an order Tuesday postponing a hearing for 26-year-old Eric Sloan Parker.

Anderson ruled after prosecutors and the defense asked for a delay so a federal civil rights charge against Parker can be resolved.

The former Madison police officer is accused of using unreasonable force against a 57-year-old Indian grandfather in February.


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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Soooooo, why delay this?

This is the cop who just brutally beat the hell out of the man for walking while having brown skin, as I recall

[frylock]

2. prosecutors and the defense asked for a delay so a federal civil rights charge against Parker..

can be resolved.

[cstanleytech]

4. Not a bash at you Judi but whoever wrote that headline needs to have their writing

privileges revoked.

[uppityperson]

5. the only "violent confrontation" part was what the cop did.