Despite knowing his actions were being recorded by his own body camera, a Washington sheriff’s deputy falsely accused an innocent Black man of assaulting him – when video footage shows it was the cop attacking the Black man after claiming he matched the description of another Black man.
Then after attacking and handcuffing Joshua Clark, Spokane County sheriff’s deputy Samuel Turner pulled out Clark’s drivers license, only to discover he had attacked the wrong Black man.
That was when he muted his body camera for almost six minutes as he explained the situation to his sergeant who had arrived on the scene after the initial confrontation, apparently concocting a false narrative to justify his violent attack on Clark.
Clark, who spent the night in jail, was charged with felony assault on a police officer — which carries a five-year sentence — as well as two misdemeanors; obstruction and resisting arrest. All charges were dismissed five months later…