'A handcuffed person is still a threat,' defense says as trial starts for ex-Antioch cop charged with 'viciously assaulting' handcuffed man

Matthew Nutt's lawyer pushed back against the prosecution's description of a "vicious assault" of a handcuffed man, telling jurors that the former Antioch officer is being prosecuted for doing his job.

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