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A former Keller police officer who resigned last year after the city agreed to a settlement with a man who accused the officer of excessive force and of...
As a result of his plea, Shimanek had to forfeit his peace officer license, meaning he can't work in law enforcement in Texas, prosecutors said.
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Keller police officer resigns after excessive force allegation for pepper-spraying a man Blake Shimanek’s resignation comes one week after the city of Keller reached a $200,000 settlement with the man, who was arrested and pepper-sprayed in August for what he said was retaliation for recording his son’s arrest after a traffic stop. In this screen grab from police body-cam video, Marco Puente grimaces after he was pepper-sprayed by a Keller officer. He's filed a lawsuit against two officers, claiming they used excessive force and retaliated against him after he filmed his son's arrest over...
Keller police officer resigns for his role in controversial 2020 arrest By FOX 4 Staff Police video showed Sergeant Blake Shimanek arresting Dillon Puente during a traffic stop last summer. He ordered another officer to arrest Puentes' father, who stopped to record the incident on his cell phone but was not interfering. The other officer, Ankit Tomer, pepper-sprayed the older man even though video does not show him resisting. Keller police demoted Shimanek after the incident. Monday was Shimanek’s last day on the job. Tomer was not disciplined. The city reached a $200,000 settlement with th...
$200,000 Settlement for Texas Man Pepper-Sprayed While Recording Sonâs Traffic Stop An alleged racial profiling of a Latino man quickly escalated and led to the demotion of a police sergeant. An image from a body camera video shows Marco Puente being pepper-sprayed in Keller, Texas.Credit...Keller Police Department Jan. 25, 2021 A city in Texas has agreed to a $200,000 settlement of a lawsuit alleging civil rights violations and police brutality brought by a man who was pepper-sprayed twice while recording his son during a traffic stop over the summer. The city of Keller, which is about ...