DALLAS — A former Department of Public Safety trooper who was accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop now faces criminal charges.
Trooper Arturo Perez was charged with misdemeanor assault for the incident that happened on the Dallas North Tollway in October 2009.
An attorney for the victim said while she was driving her passenger grabbed the wheel and caused her to crash into the wall near Lemon Avenue.
The 22-year-old suffered very minor injuries when her airbag deployed. But she called 911 and that's when things got worse.
Dash camera video shows Perez handcuff the woman and slam her into a wall.
"As a chief felony prosecutor, a county judge, a state district judge, I've never seen anything like it. It's horrific," said Attorney Randy Isenberg. "Clearly excessive brutal force, he snapped. He lost his temper and he hurt her really bad."
The victim was treated at a hospital for a deep gash in her chin. She also had cuts on her knees.
DPS said Perez has since quit the force. He had worked with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 16 years and had been a trooper for about three years.
His trial is pending.
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What's really sickening though is the public support for police such stories consistantly generate in the online MSM comment sections. Always of course with the inevitable "Police have a stressful job, blah blah blah. Soon it will be, "that two year old should have known better than to say no to a police officer and assault him by throwing a beany baby in the officer's face. If that little brat hadn't died from the tasering I'd say try him as an adult! Penalizing the officer for simply doing his job would be wrong."
It sure looks that way, Rolf. And he only gets 6 months probation!
Update: Former Texas trooper convicted in excessive force case gets 6 months' probation
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