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Video of Meriden Officer Shoving Prisoner Showed During First Day of Brutality Trial
The federal trial against Meriden police Officer Evan Cossette, the son of the police chief, began Monday.
At the opening of the trial of a Meriden police officer accused of excessive, the U.S. attorney said the case is “about abusing the power of the badge,” according to a report in the Record-Journal.
Meriden Officer Evan Cossette faces charges that he used force against a prisoner in 2010.
A police video that has circulated across media outlets depicting Cossette shoving prisoner Pedro Temich in a Meriden Police Department holding cell was brought up during testimony on Tuesday, the newspaper reported.
Cossette has pleaded not guilty. The trial resumes Tuesday.
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