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And ultimately, even if the family wins the lawsuit, nothing will happen to this "fine, upstanding" officer of the law. He'll hide behind his badge like the coward he and most police officers are, claim qualified immunity, and the taxpayers will pick up the tab.
Police officer Justin Cosma was transferred to Ferguson, Missouri from another department in the state after he was sued for choking and hog-tying a 12-year-old boy.
Cosma made national news this week when he detained a group of journalists during the protests in Ferguson. Like many officers, after he was identified in the protests, reporters looked deeper into his records to see if he had a history of violence.
According to a lawsuit filed in 2012 in Missouri federal court, officers Justin Cosma and Richard Carter assaulted a 12 year old boy out front of his house as he was getting mail from his mailbox.
The lawsuit states that the police randomly approached and questioned the boy while he was out front of his house and asked him if he was recently playing on a nearby highway. When the boy told the officers that he wasn’t, they became confrontational, and attacked the child.
Read more at Lawsuit Ferguson Cop Choked And 8220 Hog-Tied 8221 12-Year-Old And Accused Him of Assault The Free Thought Project