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Brickbat: When Push Comes to Shove

Charles Oliver | 6.8.2017 4:00 AM


Police surveillance
Surveillance video

The Clearwater, Florida, police department has fired officer Michael Leonardo after he was caught on video slamming a handcuffed 13-year-old to the ground after the boy cursed him. The boy suffered facial injuries including a chipped tooth.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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