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"Its clear from the video and Mr. Whites testimony that he was struck numerous times," Bennett said at a hearing last Thursday. "The statute that allows police to use reasonable force does not allow them to strike an individual in the face in a jail cell." The clerk magistrate made his decision Friday. Coppingers attorney, Ken Anderson, said at the hearing that his client was justified in striking White because White was drunk and belligerent, and refused to comply with repeated commands to rem...

Ex-officer to face charge in alleged beating of Black man March 1, 2021 GMT LYNN, Mass. (AP) — A former Massachusetts police officer accused of beating a man who was in custody will face a criminal charge after a court official ruled there was probable cause for the case to move forward. Former Lynn Officer Matthew Coppinger faces a charge of assault and battery in connection with the alleged beating last June of Victor White that was caught on a police station security camera. The 35-year-ol...

A former Massachusetts police officer accused of beating a man who was in custody will face a criminal charge after a court official ruled there was probable cause for the case to move forward.

Lynn police officer to face charges next month in connection with alleged beating of Black man in holding cell By Thomas Grillo Globe Correspondent,Updated February 26, 2021, 7:31 p.m. Email to a Friend Share Embed At the Lynn police station, Victor White refused to take off a medical mask, and former officer Matthew Coppinger responded by punching White. A former Lynn police officer will face charges in court next month for the alleged June assault on a Black man in custody after a clerk magis...

A clerk magistrate ruled on Friday that a former Lynn police officer will face criminal charges next month for allegedly assaulting a Black man in custody last June. Matthew Coppinger, 35, is accused of assaulting Victor White, who was arrested on his front stoop last June after officers were called for a noise complaint and found him and two friends hanging out. The assistant clerk magistrate, Paul Burns, reviewed 90 seconds of silent video footage from a police holding cell that Coppinger an...