An Alabama police officer has been arrested after video emerged of him slamming an unarmed man to the ground after repeatedly trying to question him, law enforcement officials said.
Officer Eric Parker of the Madison Police Department in northern Alabama turned himself in to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, according to Madison Police Chief Larry Muncey. He faces charges of assault in the third degree, Muncey said.
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An internal use-of-force investigation by Madison police into the Feb. 6 incident found that Parker’s actions “did not meet the high standards and expectations of the Madison City Police Department,” Muncey said in a news release.
Parker has been placed on administrative leave, and Muncey said he has recommended he be fired. The FBI has also opened an inquiry into the incident, Muncey said.
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