A Jackson County grand jury last week indicted a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer with misdemeanor assault in connection with a July 2024 incident in Westport.
Christopher Showalter is set to be arraigned on the charge at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 15.
Online court records reveal Showalter allegedly caused “physical pain” to a victim by “slamming his face/chin against the concrete sidewalk and kneeing him in the face/chin while the victim was handcuffed and lying on his stomach.”…