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VIDEO: Fairfax County Police Officer Charged with Assault
Police Officer First Class Tyler Timberlake, was charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and battery after tasing incident. WARNING: This video contains images and audio that some may finding disturbing or upsetting (Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A white Virginia police officer accused of firing a stun gun at a Black man without provocation was indicted Monday on misdemeanor assault charges.
The Washington Post reports that a grand jury handed up Fairfax County police Officer Tyler Timberlake’s indictment one week after county prosecutors dropped the same charges for procedural reasons.
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Timberlake faces three misdemeanor counts of assault and battery stemming from the June 5 incident, which was captured on video.
Last Monday, a judge granted prosecutors’ request to drop the charges so they could seek an indictment that allows him to be tried by a circuit court jury.
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