A Dallas police officer and his former colleague are facing criminal charges alleging they used excessive force at a 2020 protest over the death of George Floyd.
Highlights
- Arrest warrants issued for Ryan Mabry and former Senior Cpl.
- Melvin Williams.
- They are accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and official oppression.
- Williams was fired from the Dallas Police Department on Jan.
- 25 following an internal investigation that found he violated the department’s use of force policy in a separate incident.
- One protester lost an eye when he was hit in the face by a less-lethal “sponge round” in May 2020 protest over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police.