SC Trooper Accused Of Hitting Man Due In Court
Trooper Steven Garren following a court hearing in Columbia July 25.
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Associated Press
Published: August 27, 2008
A South Carolina trooper caught on tape using his patrol car to ram a fleeing suspect is expected in court for a hearing on his federal civil rights charges.
Steven C. Garren’s trial on charges he deprived a man of his right to be free from unreasonable force by police is scheduled to begin next month.
Garren’s attorneys are expected Wednesday to argue several requests before a federal judge in Columbia, including a request that prosecutors turn over dashboard camera videos from other officers at the scene.
In a 2007 dashboard video from Garren’s patrol car released earlier this year, Garren drives after a running man, striking the man when he crosses in front of the cruiser. The man flips over the hood and into grass on the side of the road. Garren has been suspended.
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