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Cleveland transit police suspend officer who pepper-sprayed Black Lives crowd
Source: The Guardian
Cleveland transit police suspend officer who pepper-sprayed Black Lives crowd
Afi Scruggs
Tuesday 28 July 2015 01.56 BST
The Cleveland transit officer who pepper-sprayed a crowd leaving the Black Lives Summit has been placed on administrative leave.
Robert G Schwab, a sergeant with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, used the irritant spray during a confrontation over the seeming arrest of a black teenager. A video of the white officer spraying the crowd on Sunday quickly went viral.
Schwab – described as a 25-year veteran of the force – was being assigned to administrative duties while the agency investigated the incident, said GCRTA spokesman Jerry Masek, who did not know how long that investigation would take.
Earlier social media had mistakenly identified Lieutenant Sean O’Neil as the police officer involved. O’Neil, who is white, successfully sued the GCRTA for discrimination when a black candidate with lower test scores was promoted and he was not.
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Afi Scruggs
Tuesday 28 July 2015 01.56 BST
The Cleveland transit officer who pepper-sprayed a crowd leaving the Black Lives Summit has been placed on administrative leave.
Robert G Schwab, a sergeant with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, used the irritant spray during a confrontation over the seeming arrest of a black teenager. A video of the white officer spraying the crowd on Sunday quickly went viral.
Schwab – described as a 25-year veteran of the force – was being assigned to administrative duties while the agency investigated the incident, said GCRTA spokesman Jerry Masek, who did not know how long that investigation would take.
Earlier social media had mistakenly identified Lieutenant Sean O’Neil as the police officer involved. O’Neil, who is white, successfully sued the GCRTA for discrimination when a black candidate with lower test scores was promoted and he was not.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/28/cleveland-transit-police-suspend-officer-who-pepper-sprayed-black-lives-crowd
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