ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Albuquerque personnel board is holding off on deciding whether to rehire an officer who stood by while his partner reared back and kicked a suspect repeatedly during an arrest.
KOAT-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1HjrQ1W ) the Albuquerque Police Department is defending itself against a police brutality lawsuit stemming from the February 2011 incident, and Officers John Doyle and Robert Woolever are both appealing their firings.
Doyle kicked the suspect, but Woolever was fired for not intervening and for omitting part of the story from his report.
A city lawyer said APD was within its rights when it fired the officers.
Former APD officer Thomas Grover is defending Woolever, and said upholding the firing sends a message to law enforcement that they should let bad suspects go instead of chasing them.
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Information from: KOAT-TV, https://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html
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