2 ex-officers charged in beating of Ohio defendant at park
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Two former Ohio policemen accused of beating a defendant in their custody have been indicted on charges including felonious assault, kidnapping and dereliction of duty.
The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County prosecutor's office says the East Cleveland Police Department fired the officers shortly after the July 24 altercation was reported to their supervisors.
Authorities say the officers followed up on a robbery report and were supposed to be taking two suspects to the police station but diverted to a park after verbal sparring with one of them. Prosecutors allege the officers pulled that man from the squad car and assaulted him, leaving him cut and bruised.
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It's not clear if the officers have attorneys.
Cleveland.com reports one officer had joined the department in October 2014, the other in May 2015.