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A Brooklyn officer reviewing use of force cases is fired for using excessive force.
Last year, he was accused of hitting a man with his truck and assaulting the driver. Now, he has been fired for punching a woman multiple times in the face while her hands were cuffed behind her back.
We have the story only on 19 News.
After 18 years with the police department, a sergeant with a six-figure salary has been terminated. The mayor fired Paul Stein for an incident on September 4th. He found that he struck a woman five times in the face while her hands were cuffed behind her back.
And we broke the story about the incident on the 30th. And driving I-90 and the truck hit the car. And did not know Stein was an off-duty cop on the way to work driving it erratically. And they arrived, followed them to the employee entrance and captured pushing and kicking his leg.
"If I would have defended myself."
"Now about it."
"Would he be behind bars, wanted to press charges and only received the traffic citation in a written reprimand."
And police arrested a woman on an outstanding warrant for menacing. The report states she was intoxicated, being uncooperative and belligerent. They caused her hands behind her back and placed her in a chair.
Stein stepped on her. The boots were hurting her. And told them to get off. When he dependent, the woman spat into his face.
The report says that he slapped her left cheek with an open hand and punched her left jaw. When an officer grabbed him, he switched hands.
The chief said this rises to the level of malfeasance, intentional conduct that is wrong. He called them excessive and egregious.
During the hearing, he prepared a statement saying, "My objective was not to harm the subject, but to stop her from spitting at me again." He said, "I believe the force I used was reasonable. The strikes were not delivered with a high degree of force and the suspect was not harmed."
Reports show the woman did have lacerations to the lip and bruising to the jaw line. They took photos to document.
We cannot show you she is considered an assault victim.
And he jotted down notes. They read: "Undergoing counseling on the verge of nervous breakdown and under pressure since the incident."
He was terminated September 17th.
He was one of three at the department in charge of reviewing use of force incidents. We reached out to him. We have not heard back.
They have turned this over to review for charges. At this point, he has not filed any, but we'll keep you posted if he does.
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