RALEIGH, N.C. - A former North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper accused of involvement in a 2018 beating and K9 attack on a homeless man has been convicted of misdemeanour charges in the case. Michael Blake pleaded guilty to two counts of wilful failure to discharge his duties, news outlets reported Monday. The charges stemmed from the April 2018 arrest of 29-year-old Kyron Dwain Hinton. Dashboard camera video from the arrest show Hinton standing alone at an intersection, moaning and gesturing. In one video, Blake can be heard ordering other officers to strike Hinton in the head with a flashlight, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman alleged.

Source: thestar January 13, 2020 19:07 UTC