By Terry Shropshire, National
Correspondent
In a bit of news that will
shock citizens based on the recent trend around the nation, a former Atlanta
police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for using excessive force.
But before you start throwing babies
up in the air in celebration, the White officer was convicted of police
brutality against a White victim. In fact, the victim says he was “attacked for
being White in a Black neighborhood,” the AJC reports.
A jury found former officer
Nick Dimauro guilty on four of five charges, including aggravated battery,
guilty of aggravated assault and guilty of two counts of violation of oath of
office.
As a consequence for his
belligerent disregard for the laws he was supposed to uphold, the judge sentenced Dimauro to 10 years, with
five to serve in prison.
Here’s the lowdown: Dimauro
reportedly stopped Robert Wormley in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood at 2:30
a.m. four years ago.
Shortly after questioning,
Wormley allegedly took off, but Dimauro caught up with him in a backyard in the
neighborhood then beat him with his baton, severely injuring him. Wormley spent
four days in the hospital with broken teeth, broken ribs, a concussion and
other injuries.
Dimauro said Wormley fought
him, and he used his training to detain him.
One of Dimauro’s former partner
was near tears as he told the judge it’s easy to condemn officers for mistakes
the make in split-second decisions, WSBTV reported.
“What he did was his job. The
fact that some people can sit around in an office and make it look like he did
something else will only hurt what other officers are going to do in the
future,” said the officer.
The judge was unmoved by the
testimony.
“My sentence is going to be 10
years, to serve 5 years in custody,” said the judge.
