A former Melvindale, Michigan, police officer has been sentenced after he was accused of assault in two separate incidents, one in 2021 and another in 2024, according to Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan court records.
In July 2024, then-officer Matthew Furman conducted a traffic stop of a 36-year-old man’s vehicle around the area of Homestead Avenue and Wall Street in Melvindale, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said. During the stop, Furman asked the man for his identification. When the man said he did not have it with him, Furman asked him to step out of the vehicle and place his hands on the roof of the vehicle.
Prosecutors said that once the man stepped out of the vehicle and put his hands on the roof, Furman deployed his Taser, striking the man in the back. Additional officers were then called to the scene…