DALLAS – The Latest on the investigation in Texas of a white policeman who wrestled a black woman to the ground (all times local):
1:15 p.m.
A white Texas police officer has been suspended without pay for 10 days, but will not be fired, after an internal investigation of a cellphone video in which he is seen wrestling a black mother and her daughter to the ground and arresting them.
Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald announced the discipline at a news conference Monday.
The incident happened last month after Jacqueline Craig complained that a neighbor choked her 7-year-old son for littering. In the video viewed millions of times on Facebook, the officer forces Craig and her daughter to the ground. He thrusts a stun gun into Craig's back. Craig and her daughters were arrested on charges including disorderly conduct.
Craig's attorney, who did not immediately return a call for comment, had demanded the officer be fired.
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12:20 p.m.
Police in Texas say an investigation is complete into a confrontation captured on cellphone video in which a white officer wrestled a black woman to the ground before arresting her and two of her teenage daughters.
Fort Worth police say they will announce Monday whether the officer faces disciplinary action in the Dec. 21 incident.
Police haven't named the officer involved. The incident happened after Jacqueline Craig complained that a neighbor choked her 7-year-old son. In the video, the officer questions whether that's a problem. One of Craig's daughters tries to push her mother away from the officer, but the officer forces Craig and the teen to the ground. He thrusts a stun gun into Craig's back.
He arrested Craig and her daughters on charges that include disorderly conduct.
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