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07-19-2016, 08:24 PM
Mass., N.H. troopers charged in beating video case
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff July 19, 2016
Two state troopers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire were arrested Tuesday after being seen on TV news video allegedly beating a suspect in May who had surrendered following a high-speed chase in Nashua, amid heightened scrutiny nationwide of the use of force by law enforcement.
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster’s office said Massachusetts Trooper Joseph Flynn, 32, and Andrew Monaco, 31, his counterpart from the Granite State, were booked on assault charges stemming from the violent capture of Richard Simone Jr., 50.
Simone, of Worcester, had been wanted on assault and larceny charges when he led authorities on a chase that began in Central Massachusetts and ended in Nashua. Troopers struck him repeatedly after he exited his vehicle and knelt on the ground, in an incident that was captured on camera by
Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/19/mass-troopers-charged-beating-video-case/GOg3yxSIoRaLT9ZXhQThPP/story.html
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff July 19, 2016
Two state troopers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire were arrested Tuesday after being seen on TV news video allegedly beating a suspect in May who had surrendered following a high-speed chase in Nashua, amid heightened scrutiny nationwide of the use of force by law enforcement.
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster’s office said Massachusetts Trooper Joseph Flynn, 32, and Andrew Monaco, 31, his counterpart from the Granite State, were booked on assault charges stemming from the violent capture of Richard Simone Jr., 50.
Simone, of Worcester, had been wanted on assault and larceny charges when he led authorities on a chase that began in Central Massachusetts and ended in Nashua. Troopers struck him repeatedly after he exited his vehicle and knelt on the ground, in an incident that was captured on camera by
Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/19/mass-troopers-charged-beating-video-case/GOg3yxSIoRaLT9ZXhQThPP/story.html