A Dallas police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed suspect in the face and pepper-spraying him was fired and then arrested Wednesday, police officials said.
A second officer was suspended for 10 days.
Video taken by a patrol car dashboard camera showed that officer Quaitemes Williams kicked and sprayed Rodarick Lyles after pulling him over in the 9400 block of Abrams Road on Jan. 27, police said.
Lyles was suspected of driving with a suspended license and had a warrant for driving without a license.
Williams, a Dallas officer for three years, and officer Edward Cruz-Done assisted officer Hiram Soler during the traffic stop, according to a news release.
Lyles fell on top of Williams, but Williams got free. Then the officers placed Lyles in handcuffs. Williams used pepper spray and kicked Lyles in the face although he was no longer resisting, the release said.
After an investigation into use of unnecessary force, Williams was fired for causing inaccurate, false or improper information to be entered on a police report, the news release stated.
Then he was arrested and taken to the Dallas County Jail. He faces a charge of official oppression.
Soler, a Dallas officer for nearly three years, also entered inaccurate, false or improper information on a police report, which resulted in his 10-day suspension, officials said.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
