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Alabama Police Officer Indicted Amid Accusations of Using Unreasonable Force

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Getty 032715 PoliceCarOminous?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427483499282iStock/Thinkstock(MADISON, Ala.) — A federal grand jury indicted a Madison, Alabama police officer on Thursday night for use of unreasonable force against a man he was trying to question earlier this year.

Eric Sloan Parker, 26, was acting in his capacity as a police officer on Feb. 6 when he allegedly injured a man by slamming him into the ground. The man was not identified in the indictment.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Parker’s actions “deprived the man in Madison of his right under the U.S. Constitution to be secure from unreasonable seizures, which includes the right to be free from unreasonable force by someone acting under the color of law.”

In February, ABC News reported that Parker was accused of badly injuring an Indian man, Sureshbhai Patel, who was visiting family. A man had reported Patel as a supicious person, according to a 911 call released by police.

Parker is seen in dashcam video throwing Patel, 57, to the ground.

The Madison Police Department’s Chief Larry Muncey said that he had recommended Parker be fired.


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