VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Eight years after being found liable for excessive force in a civil lawsuit, former police officer Christopher Mackie has been rehired by the City of Virginia Beach in a non-sworn position.
According to city spokeswoman Ali Weatherton-Shook, Mackie was hired Thursday in a position with Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizen Services.
The civil lawsuit stems from an August 2014 incident outside of a Virginia Beach 7-Eleven which involved plaintiff Robert Armes…