A state trooper in Michigan has been charged with felonious assault for using a police dog to subdue an unarmed man for nearly four minutes in November, an encounter that the authorities say left the man with bite injuries and was recorded on a police dash camera. The trooper, Parker Surbrook, was suspended without pay and removed from the canine unit, said the Michigan State Police, which released the dash camera footage of the episode on Friday. Trooper Surbrook pleaded not guilty at an arraignment on Friday and was granted $5,000 bond, according to court records. A lawyer for the trooper said his client’s use of force was justified and that dash camera video did not show the full context of the confrontation. The driver led officers on a high-speed chase that ended when his vehicle crashed into a tree, the dash camera video shows.

Source: New York Times March 08, 2021 14:03 UTC