A Buffalo police officer fired after intervening to stop a fellow officer from using excessive force on a suspect is entitled to back pay and full pension benefits, in response to a new city law passed in response to her case, a New York court said Tuesday.
In 2006 Officer Cariol Horne responded to a call of an officer in need of assistance. Upon arrival she witnessed Officer Gregory Kwiatkowski struggling with Neal Mack in an attempt to arrest him. Mack is Black, and was unarmed, according to a press release from Horne’s attorneys.
Horne physically intervened to stop Kwiatkowski ...
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