Del. Cop Who Was Acquitted of Kicking Black Man in the Face Resigns

A Delaware police officer who was captured on police dash cam kicking a black man in the face as he bent to the ground has resigned. Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2020 Black History Month – 2022 Hip-Hop 50 Year – 2023 Video will return here when scrolled back into view Stefon Diggs and…

A Delaware police officer who was captured on police dash cam kicking a black man in the face as he bent to the ground has resigned.

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Police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV, who was acquitted in the 2013 assault, has made his resignation effective immediately. Officials describe Websterโ€™s resignation as a โ€œnegotiated separation,โ€ the Associated Press reports.

Video of the 2013 incident shows Webster, who is white, orderingย Lateef Dickerson, who is black, to the ground. As Dickerson appears to be lowering himself to the ground, Webster kicks Dickerson in the face, breaking his jaw.

Webster told jurors that he had been aiming for Dickersonโ€™s upper body and hadnโ€™t intended to kick Dickerson in the face.

AP reports that although a jury acquitted Webster of assault in December, heโ€™d been on paid administrative leave since the incident.

Officials did not comment on Websterโ€™s resignation.

Read more at the Associated Press.

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