Black man stomped by South Carolina officer gets $650K

[TexasTowelie]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is paying $650,000 to a Black man who was stomped in the head by a white police officer upset that the man could not quickly lie flat on his stomach because of rods and pins in his leg.

Orangeburg officials also have apologized to Clarence Gailyard and are reviewing the police department's use of force policies, City Administrator Sidney Evering said in a statement released by Gailyard's lawyer Justin Bamberg. The city's insurance will cover the payment.

Gailyard was walking with a stick wrapped in shiny tape on July 26 when someone mistook the reflective object for a gun and called 911, investigators said.

Orangeburg Public Safety Officer David Lance Dukes ordered Gailyard to the ground and when the 58-year-old didn't immediately drop, the officer stomped on his head and neck, causing his forehead to hit the concrete of the parking lot, according to police body camera video.

Read more: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Black-man-stomped-by-South-Carolina-officer-gets-16628858.php

[napi21]

1. I'm glad for him, but he deserved more! I also want to know what puniushment that cop has received?

How seriously was Clar3ence injured? Is he OK today? This BS by police all over the country, but especially in the South, must stop, and the offending officers must be punished for their crimes. If there's no penalty it will never stop.

[drray23]

2. Well, it's in the linked article.

Dukes, 38, was fired two days after the incident and charged with felony first-degree assault and battery a few days after that.