Flashlight-wielding officer threatened 14-year-old boy
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 02:13PM
TheSpook
Police are investigating a claim that Southeast Division Officer John
Hatfield -- the cop who struck Stanley Miller 11 times with a flashlight
following a police chase last month -- threatened to kill a 14-year-old
boy, it was learned Tuesday. Mabelle Pittman, a staunch police
supporter and an active volunteer with the Southeast Division for the
past 25 years, filed a complaint against Hatfield after she learned of
her son's March 26 encounter with him, during which the officer
allegedly told the child: "Why don't you run so I can shoot you in the
back?" [more]
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