Watch now: Erie County corrections officer closes cell door hatch on inmate
Footage from the Erie County Correctional Facility shows Corrections Officer Anil Kawal close the hatch on a cell door on the arm of inmate Keshon D. Thorpe following an offensive verbal tirade by Thorpe, who was locked in the cell. See the full story by Matt Spina here.
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“Clear evidence showed that the officer acted inappropriately and below the standards of the Sheriff's Office,” said Sheriff Timothy B. Howard’s undersheriff, John W. Greenan.
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“How outraged is the Republican Party and John Garcia about what happened on Jan. 6?” candidate Ted DiNoto said in a statement. “That is the question many ask, myself included.”
The recent decision to fire Corrections Officer Anil Kawal, while appropriate, is nonetheless unexpected, given that Howard has tolerated – and thus enabled – worse conduct in the past.
