Baltimore Cop Suspended after Video Showing him Punching Man Proves he Lied in Report

By Andrew Meyer
PINAC
Sep. 22, 2014



A Baltimore Police officer was suspended this for repeatedly punching a man in the face - over two months ago.

Now that video of Officer Vincent Cosom’s criminal attack on Kollin Truss has reached the court of public opinion – a tribunal currently inflamed in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Missouri – Cosom’s employers in the Baltimore Police Department and City Hall are scrambling to cover their asses.

“Much like the public, I was shocked,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts. “I’m outraged. I’m disgusted by what I saw by an employee of the Baltimore Police Department. Nothing that I saw on that video is defensible, nor should it be defensible. And most importantly it’s unacceptable and will not be tolerated within this organization.”

The released video reveals a shocking scene. Kollin Truss was walking out of a convenience store with his girlfriend Stephanie Coleman when Officer Cosom aggressively speaks to Truss and pushes Coleman out of the way, facing Truss like an MMA fighter ready to do battle. Coleman steps between Cosom and Truss, and Truss walks away from the officer.

Officer Cosom, however, follows the pair down the street, and as soon as Truss’s attention is diverted by some pedestrians blocking Truss’s view, Cosom moves around the pedestrians to strike Truss in the face. Cosom continued his sneak attack, repeatedly punching Truss in the face while another officer assaults Coleman, pushing her away from her boyfriend, who was then arrested by an officer – not Cosom – and charged with assault and other undisclosed offenses.

The case was dropped when a prosecutor saw the tape and found that it contradicted Cosom's report, which stated the following:
“Me and the male got into a physical altercation due to me being in fear of my safety and I received a punch to the body.”
The prosecutor dropping the charges against Truss is a no-brainer, but his review of the videotape should have immediately led to criminal charges – against Cosom and the other officers. Cosom committed assault and battery against both Truss and Coleman, but instead of instantly facing criminal charges and being fired from the police force, Cosom is currently on paid administrative leave.

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