‘You Would Expect That Supervisor to Have a Little Bit More Patience’: Detroit Police Lieutenant Who Works On Cases Involving the Mentally Ill Gets Stripped of Duties After Assaulting a Naked and Handcuffed Detainee for Spitting on Her
Two videos have been released showing a Detroit police lieutenant attacking an allegedly mentally ill woman while she was already handcuffed because she spat on her. An investigation by the department seeks to determine if the supervising officer failed to properly submit a use of force report and/or acted properly when engaged with a detained…